Family First
The freshly dried granite
Sent diamonds into his eyes
(As the sun shone on them from above)
He shielded them from their beauty.
He (looked up and) surveyed his work
The work that took up most of his life
It was a masterpiece
(he had finally finished building his dream house)
A figure blocked his path
The face of Beauty
But with a cold heart that he knew. (or used to know)
He felt a – swish- as if his heart got torn in two
The beauty turned and walked (away)
His eyes fell back to the ground
It was no longer silver and sparkly
But a shiny watery red.
A whisper came out calling for help
But the only things around were singing in the trees
Oblivious to the innocent man below.
It was about 2 hours after the beauty had struck
The city had been awakened
by the rush of school kids ready for the weekend
She cut through the alleys
The sun was too bright for her
She grew up with it,
On a beach rather with her
older brother and younger sister.
but there was a flash
(and her world got torn in two,
she could no longer stand it)
2 girls passed her,
Clad in their uniforms, smiling and laughing
The Beauty stopped them dead
With her eyes. A piercing raven black.
“Do I know you ?”
The one girl said, her voice thick with a French accent
The angel froze at the familiarity
She stepped closer
The other girl beside her looked nervous
She wanted to get home
The guy she likes had asked her out later tonight
And she was already planning what she should wear
The beauty smiled sweetly at her…
The French girl was looking up at the clear sky
“I do know y—”
Her voice cut up and she looked down at her best friend
She couldn’t move;
Even though the town square was full of people pushing and shoving
She couldn’t scream either –at the sight of her friends’ mangled body—
So she stood.
And waited.
But no darkness consumed her
Instead she felt like she was floating into light
She opened her eyes
And looked down below at the beauty standing next to two saddened bodies
A tear rolled down her cheek
And she whispered after the retreating Beauty,
“Sister.”