"FACINGFACES 2002 - 04" SELECTED POETRY

DEATH CAME SLOW

death came slow
a final release
from pain
from disbelief

how did this happen
what did I do
why
no rescue
except in death's
embrace

where is my
mother
where is my
brother

alone
I
rest
with my murdered
sisters

body exposed
empty eyes gaze
toward home
empty

bones
picked clean
some broken
blue purple
skin
rots away

help
help me
please stop
help me please

find me
bring me home
save
my
living
sisters

Marcia Borell
USA
copyright 2002