“Roads that mimic a real solution”
A Bexley story interlude open poetry
I’m writing this for my girlfriend because she can’t write anymore from the pain in her hands
“Oh my God,
How can I move on
I wanted to be a simple housewife but instead I was splattered undead guts built into a monster-machine
The cure was said aloud by Bexley
The first zombie was David, and his woe-begotten lover Arron, such a sad treasury that we heard and tragic
But there could be a “cure” for zombies
That it is just within reach
I’m a Bloodletter. The scourge of society
I’m the monster that was made, spliced with zombie and bioengineered madness
I’m stuck on a steep cliff.
I can’t look down, I’m terrified,
And more afraid of what’s ahead
The road has slipped beneath me
The road never seemed there to begin with
I’m never sturdy
I’m never stable
I go off the rails
Until my Emma gives me to the safety look
And we dance without movement
The roads that mimic a real solution remain like a narrow swamp that carries troubled dangers, little hexes and hues of fear bubbling inside my broken mind
I want to be free and love myself for what I am
What I was
What I can be
Oh God, I’m trembling as if there’s blood coursing deep
Fever inside my bones
Emma put the fire inside
Now it lights my path
I’m no longer afraid to go on these paths
I know they’ll lead me to something real
Because my spirit isn’t broken after-all
And the cracks in the path are healing over.”



Comments (5)
oh. Ow. Oh! This one really cuts.
To feel so broken in body but feel your soul roaring to heal is a painful, wonderful thing - excellently captured here Melissa!
This felt soooo empowering! I loved it so much!
Heartfelt!!! Brilliantly penned!!!❤️❤️💕
This is beautiful and heartbreaking all at once. The pain, the fear, the transformation, and that final thread of hope, it’s all here. You can feel the love in every line, especially the way Emma is written as a light in all the darkness. Thank you both for sharing something so honest and brave. 💛🌻