Do you remember Juliet?

the bright ones

have all the light in them

they see

the figures marching

like letters forming

the writing on the wall.

and they can hear

when daddy leaves the

echo of his feet

down the hall, in

the dry dark street.

and they know already what that heavy silence means.

and so its drink

drink

drink

the distance

to dim the light

inside their heads

that speaks of things

that remain unsaid to the rest

and the bright ones

get eaten

get chased

blessed are those 

around them

before they

waste away

from what they

know and the

slow dawn that

comes to remind

them of the light

and how it is burning them away.

and beautiful things are not allowed to stay.