Eye For An Eye

by Erika McKitrick

Remember the cemetery
the crypt, French theme
Gentle freckles
Me.
The rejected seed
The prevented tree
Remember the extreme
green sky, three
empty letters
The perfect scene
ten grey men, seven
dresses mended evenly
Every weekend he
needed her, me.
Remember the temple
restless sleep, wet knees
Retell the legends, fever cycles
sets of dewy feet
her chest, belly swell
Spell my western revenge
demented, messy
Remember my fern green envy
Wreck the flesh cleverly
Bed me, weep
Remember me.
The gentle freckles
The empty letters
The rejected seed
The prevented tree
Me.

 
Erika McKitrick is a poet and screenwriter born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. She has a deep appreciation for poetry that explores the complexities of sorrow and introspection, and also just loves to challenge herself by setting creative restrictions.