Poem: Suicidal Heroics

[sherlockian_syn]

i.

I keep dreaming.

I save your life
and forfeit mine.
I push you back
where you are safe.
I turn and smile
to hear your scream.

Your cries
are a drug
easing the
pain of
certain death.

ii.

Tell me stories,
the ones where
the hero saves,
but also pays.

The ones where
death is not
the best solution,
but the easiest.

The ones where
sacrifice is not
dismissed,
but mourned.

The ones where
love is the
trump card,
but kept hidden.

iii.

The truth is:
I save you
in dreams
because I do not
wish
to be saved.

I want
to die
with love
in my eyes.

Comments

[brumeier]

Wow. This is lovely and sad and just...wow.

[sherlockian_syn]

Thanks. My brain is a weird place.