Rebecca Darcy: I Hide Beneath

Photo: Joanna C. Valente

finality

I.

daffodils blooming

grandmother .died. last week

my mama .forgets.

father .left. our farm

chasing the streetlights

neglects my brother’s letters

II.

i .hide. beneath blankets,

away from brother’s pills and poison.

he laughs               at my flinches.

i beg him to .stop.

.slapped. with the psalms of secrets

i sob in the bathtub

III.

christmas eve supper

nana naps with eyes open

.slipping from slumber

born to bear .burden.

she walks barefoot to breakfast

coat in the closet

drool on his stubble

grandfather .died. in his sleep

put us all to bed.

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Rebecca Darcy is a 20-year-old creative writing major at Colorado College. Literature and creative writing have played an integral role in her development since she was a child. Rebecca writes poetry as a therapeutic practice to heal from childhood traumas and hopes that her words can make others feel less alone