The ABCs of Emotion: Gone
Conscious decision
left without any warning
why’d you go away?
No trace left behind
no evidence left to see
emptiness remains.
Life steamrolls on, sun rising and setting.
Its fabric’s torn, shredded, where you belong.
Set my keys and badge on the tray resting
by stacks of unread mail, there’s a blues song
on the radio blaring in my neighbor’s flat.
I stroke his cheshire cat, set my gun belt
down on the table, grab a beer and splat!
Life blows a bullet hole in my vest, welts
form under its kevlar; I slide to floor
strain to reach my gun, cat hisses at gun
fire chewing through my eyesore of a door.
Chartreuse wood chips fly; drive-bys are no fun.
Pain squeezes my chest and my hand falls short–
can’t reach gun or phone, no help for this sport.
Shotgun sprays bullets
engine revs and speeds away
neighbor saves the day.
I’m not gone yet
not erased like my partner
life’s not rubbed me out.
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This is a fictional tale. I work in IT not law enforcement but I have read a lot of police dramas this month, so worry not! This is not real.
Love me a good police story and you have weaved a perfect one if mix verse. I’ve said it before and I will repeat it here, you are the queen of mixing poetic forms. Bravo, my friend!
Thank you 🙂 Coming from you, whose blog taught me one of the forms it is high praise indeed. 🙂
You are welcome, my friend> I am happy you discovered it and that you have made it yours 🙂
the form and I just clicked. something about it intrigues me. After I write a 1000 of them I might figure out what.
A tale that feels so true because you tell it so skilfully. Which cop story have you been listening to this time? Bosch? Reacher? Wait Reacher isn’t a cop but he does have his own law.
Reacher! 🙂 what a hottie. how did you guess? I have Bosch on my list. Thank you!
I took a peek inside your head! 😉
🙂 you got a good look and it didn’t send you screaming for the hills! 🙂
That’s because I’m used to it – everything looks and feels familiar! 😀
you wear the same brand of crazy too? How awesome! 🙂
Ssshh. Not too loud. People may want to join and wear it too. 😉
true, true, we must keep it secret, keep it safe 😉
And exclusive 😉
yes! platinum members only–or was it diamond? 😉
Black. Black is the new platinum or diamond. 😀
awesome! We need callsigns!
The League of Cleaving Poetesses. Lol that sounds horrid.
would we need to drive around waving meat cleavers? 😉
Would we be arrested? Would it be safer just to carry a Glock?
Actually i think we can wave the cleavers around and and not be arrested because we’re not carrying concealed 😉
Ah, so being open about it is okay? Cool! 😀
i know carrying concealed is a not allowed. That must mean that waving it around is okay right?
Makes sense, if you ask me. Others may disagree lol
as long they aren’t holding badges while they disagree then it’s all good! 🙂
Lol so we’re watching out for them? But they are NY’s finest! And I would love to be arrested by Mac Taylor!!
true but then he’d stick you behind bars where you have to pee in front of an audience….no thank you! I’ll ogle from afar.
Yikes. Really? Mac would do that? Not for me then.
well that’s what happens after they arrest you…you go behind bars…I have seen/read enough cop dramas to know and the first Jack Reacher book convinced me I never want to be arrested! Yikes!
Which book was that? He’s always looking for trouble – then gets arrested and put behind bars lol.
Killing Floor, the one about counterfeiting. 🙂
Wow I read that years ago. Can’t remember the storyline now ☺️
It was intense. He was arrested for a crime he didn’t do, interrogated and put in prison but he didn’t end up in a holding cell. He ended up mixed in with the general population and they tried to kill him.
I remember now! Yes 🙂
🙂 great book
A trembling tale….
Thank you 🙂
Ahhhhh…….. BIG HUGS!!! <3
Thank you! Thank God it’s a fictional tale! 🙂
Yes, I thought as much… 😉
🙂 Glad to hear it. A few folks inquired to be certain 🙂
😉 Hugs!
🙂
that is true! this felt so real! like really real!
Great job dear! And I looooooove the photo!
Thank you! I read (listen to) a lot of books. Lately lots of police dramas so I had that on my mind 🙂
Ohh! What we read really inspires us. 😀
Yes it does 🙂
Very powerful–I had to read the tags to make sure it was fiction.
Thank you, I’m sorry for the confusion! I added a rider to make it clearer that this isn’t me. I have read (ahem listened to) a lot of police dramas this month so I had cops on the brain 🙂
No apologies necessary 🙂 There are a few of us who are true-crime (or cop drama) fans–so it’s take a 2nd read, or simply asking, to make sure it’s not the author’s real experience. Because we care 🙂
Thank you 🙂 It is good to know that folks care. 😀 I ask folks all the time if their writing is reflective of some turmoil in their life 🙂
It can be dicey, asking–I never want to intrude, just show caring.