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1st Place Winner of the 🌞 Summer Poetry Contest $450: Silence Me, Please - Alexander Nile

The word sorry sits

burning on my tongue,

tasting like the metal

objects, that my dad always

yelled I would choke on,

that I need to spit out,

 

and I sit comforting them,

my chest bleeding, soaking

me as I shiver from the heat,

hot just like when my dad

caught me and I disagreed,

 

sorry sits in my mouth, a medal

lodging itself deeper every time I speak

it, to fill the silence that slices

through my eardrums,

 

that they sit so comfortably in,

and I am choking,

not sure that I will ever breathe

again, because sorry is thick and hot,

more like my own blood

than the silver coins that I once loved

and I wish I had been warned of this

Instead.

 

Alexander Nile is a writer from Central Illinois, with a focus on emotions and the complexity of people. He enjoys tackling new challenges in the form of picking up new creative hobbies and exploring with different styles.

 

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