You killed the birds.

Not, who killed the birds?

One on top of the other,

One grieving, one fallen.

Your fake cries said all

Wasn’t good enough to have a survivor

You smothered him too

Did you squeeze them gently to sleep?

Perhaps sonically you penetrated

Your face contorted

You screamed STOP IT!

I can’t stand that noise!

I saw you then

You know I saw you then

I saw your anger, I saw your hate

It was dark, and I missed this the first time

You killed those birds

A blood sacrifice, to raise the knife

To you and I

Gathered your courage

Garnered your strength

You organized me

Like I couldn’t see

Neatly, timely, orderly,

When you gave an empty hug to my child

When he set fire to the towel

Your face contorted

He said, I can smell her death

I saw you then

You are so nice on the surface

But your hate runs deep

From lens of your eyes

Project onto the movie screen called me

I listened to your words I heard all your lyrics

Dark and hollow

Black magic to kill tomorrow

You killed those birds

I know you killed one in my presence

You killed the other while I was away