Beauty - Henry Tucker

Beauty -

The lime green trees

Beauty -

The sparkling stars

Beauty -

The glistening moon

But beauty fades away

And the Gestapo approach

The bookshelf that holds secrets

Secrets locked tight

Secrets that should never be revealed

Pray-

Pray for God’s help

Reach -

Reach for Kitty

Your only trusted friend

You write from your heart

Your heart willed with hope

Then your time up

You have to leave

You have to leave Kitty behind

Then someone will know

You step down those stairs

Scared of your fate

Shoved into that dull, blank vehicle

You feel like all the hope and beauty has been sucked out of the world

Then you remember what you wrote as you travel towards death’s door

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy”

Then death’s door slams shut