The Darkness of Your Face

A poem about paying for my mistakes and what I've done to those I love most of all.

-The Darkness of Your Face-
by
Keaton Foster



Embrace
Certain hate
The darkness of your face
Relates
No secrets kept
I know
So do most
The truth conveyed
Make me pay
Banish me from life
Wipe me clean
Into the depths
Place me cold
Never to return
Say no words
Your silence will echo
Eternity’s blissful reward
Offer no prayer
No lies of redemption
No last ditch effort
This is about consequences
Mine, not yours
Place the gun to my head
Shove the knife into my chest
Wrap your hands around my neck
The means to my brutal end
Concern me less
The darkness of your face
Will be enough
Watching the one loved
Turned into the one feared
So much so that you
Have been driven to such a place
I do not blame you
How could I ever
Survival is a human right
A side effect of existence
I above all know that
I did what I needed to
And now I am gonna pay
Maybe someday
Long after this one
You too will have to pay
But until then
It is just me that will face
The end that you intend…


The Darkness of Your Face
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2012.