it’s not too late

Poetry

Thornwood, New York/Sayo Adeniji

it came like a tsunami,
it tore us apart,
but the rest of the pack remain in my heart
and i still see my friends
when i gaze at the stars,
i blame the Sun for these indelible scars,

now
two of us remain
two years after i’m in pain
regrets aplenty whirl around my mind
the moments past i wish i could rewind
what if fumes never flowed from those industrial structures,
maybe my heart would be whole
not broken, not ruptured

call it what you want,
but don’t deny what you see,
the Truth is laid bare before us
it’s never been a mystery
ten years go by
i’m a lone wolf
and my thoughts accompany me
will it be this way for eternity?

as i approach the end,
carcasses in sight,
i choose to forget Earth’s inevitable plight
i forgive you, Sun
no longer will we fight.