Goodnight Unfortunate Ghosts

[Laura]

a/n: there were three people killed in a boating accident in Ontario. I don't know their lives, their faces or their names but this is for them.

Goodnight Unfortunate Ghosts

where are you now
sinking in the water
what will become of you
your flesh and aspirations
swallowed by a mouth
too large to swim out of

what will happen now
to the people who loved you
where will they seek shelter
now that you've drowned

wish I had the answers
for everyone and more,
including you.

when will you be brought home
in a casket that's your doom
still wet with uncertainty
no kiss goodbye or song goodnight

for a widow who will never be thirsty

there is nothing to be ashamed of
the frustration sinking in
where do you want your tattoo
on your arm or on your tombstone

we all make decisions
life is what it is
nothing too dark
for children not to see

the grey clouds don't form your name
or the evidence of the crash
close your resting eyes
this is my goodbye

this is my goodnight.

[stupidxgirl]

It was really nice of you to write this for them considering you really didn't know them. It's a sad story really, but I liked this a lot.

"swallowed by a mouth
too large to swim out of"

Interesting description Nice work

[thecrazybeautiful]

"where do you want your tattoo
on your arm or on your tombstone"

Loved those two lines.

There's just that feel of sadness with this.. Well, of course, it's a sad poem, but you really put the feel into it. I also sense a little feel of hope, for the lives of the people who knew them. This was really very nice of you to write.