Anything, Everything, Nothing...

Anything,
For you, for the family,
Anything,
To keep you safe.

Everything,
When we were attacked,
Everything,
We could.

Nothing,
Left with that now.
Nothing,
I could do.

Killed you all,
To save myself,
Broke my promise,
I was untrue.

Reviews

[Kaya]

Anything,
For you, for the family,
Anything,
To keep you safe.

We see so many moves, read so many books about who would do what to save who. Just sitting on the bus after a new one comes out, you can hear a a dozen schoolgirls swearing they'd kill themselves to let their friends live. This really brought out the other side, the side i would bet would come forward if anything were to actually happen. Exquisitely written.

[Alexa Tasch]

This reminds me of the end of The Mist when the dad kills his so to prevent him from being torn up by monsters, only to have all the monsters die. So many people say that they would do anything to protect their loved ones, but can't. I like how you applied this to the infestation.

[Call_Me_Miss_Imperfect]

Aww so sad, but a wonderful poem:)
Keep up the good work, Alex.

Ashley Rivers--Dream BIG and you'll win BIG:)

[Layla J Omorose]

I can see the speaker slumped over his family's dead bodies as he breaks down over killing them feeling as if he betrayed them yet he knew he had no other choice if he wanted to survive.

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Killed you all,
To save myself,
Broke my promise,
I was untrue.

actually me and best friend are having an argument over that! she says she'd do the honors of killing me to save herself and i'm like oh-no! it should be me! but then when you look at it that's a pretty sad poem *sighs* the struggle for survival who it brings out the greed in everyone

[Coyote Poetry]

A sad but powerful chapter. I like the honest words and the pain you could feel in the statements. No weakness in the excellent chapter.
Coyote

[Your Perfect Disaster]

This has so much emotion in it, I just wanted to cry. I like how you structured your poem. Although simple it was a very wonderful write and very thought provoking :) Keep writing.

[Raven Starhawk]

Simple but direct and certainly beautifully sad. It might just be my way of thinking. Well anyway I still liked this.

[CrimsonBlaze]

Aw, this was kinda sad. Just to confirm things I guess he was forced to leave his family behind cuz they were infected or something like that? Anyway, nice use of that small structure (luv it XD) and might get to the rest of your chapters later... need to go somewhere. Overall, nice write, yet saddish. :)