Decomposition
Framed Work, Real Insect Rebecca Tillett Framed Work, Real Insect Rebecca Tillett

Decomposition

I’ll leave you the light from my eyes, baby
when they go dim
All the sounds I couldn’t hear but wished I could
I’ll leave you my mother’s will to live
The softest grass for your bare feet
And my father’s peace with surrender
But not the turmoil, baby

Read More
Despair at Dawn Engraved
Framed Work, Poetry Rebecca Tillett Framed Work, Poetry Rebecca Tillett

Despair at Dawn Engraved

Light arrived without warmth, pressing on my chest
Morning bird song too much like sirens
Traveling away from me
Until the silence absorbs them
And I hear only the weeping echo
from the empty room behind my bones
A lifeless aquarium where a heart once dwelled
Or an endless ocean
I couldn’t bear to cross
To face another day

Read More