Estranged by Chyrel J. Jackson
Estranged
The heaviest footfalls my heart
would ever know came from
family members lined up in
anger at my parents’ front
door.
The loud crescendo of rushing
mendacious feet.
Such a dreadful, pitifully sad
day.
Where life becomes frozen in
time.
No strength to say what needs
to be said.
Out of respect for the newly
dead.
Stifling gasping cries.
Saying last goodbyes to everyone
that made me who I am.
Betrayal once seen and felt can’t
be unseen.
When you were needed most you
did the least.
Robbers’ housebreakers of my
peace.
All these years later those indignant
heavy footsteps that landed on the
front porch, took with them familiar
faces, childhood memories, traditions
and family history my heart wants so
much to forget.
I can hear vividly the betrayal of those
rushing feet.
Wishing I was anywhere else.
Estrangement comes at a heavy and
piteous cost.
This time, I must save myself.
© Chyrel J. Jackson
Chyrel J. Jackson is a literary supernova and ranked #1 best-selling Amazon author. Reared and raised in the south suburbs outside Chicago. Black literature influences her writing. Chyrel Jackson writes in the spirit of her past great literary ancestors.
Previously published works: Sisters Roc’N’Rhyme Presents Poems in the Key of Life, Mirrored Images and Different Sides of the Same Coin. Her writings appear in multiple poetry anthologies, literary Journals, and international global magazines.
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