167 ficlet - Vigil

[deird1]

Title: Vigil
Author: deird1
Rating: G
Word Count: 109
Prompt: 167
Character: Numero Cinco



Vigil

Souls on All Souls Day are staying asleep
No matter how solemn a vigil you keep
Sit and keep waiting, if that’s what you will
But the dead in their graves will stay silent and still

Souls on All Souls Day are not coming back
You’re not worth returning – too much that you lack
Fifty long years, and you still haven’t learned?
The fire’s gone out but you’re still getting burned

Souls on All Souls Day are staying away
Doesn’t matter how often you wish and you pray
But maybe this time, when you stay here all night,
Though they’re not coming back

…there’s a chance that they might.

Comments

[angelus2hot]

Great poem!

[deird1]

Thanks!

[aerintine.livejournal.com]

Love this! It sounds like a scary rhyme told to children.

[deird1]

Glad you liked it!

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Wonderfully captures the loss of hope (but not really) that weighs upon and animates good ol' Cinco. Nicely done.

[deird1]

Thanks!