Martyrdom

There are many kinds of martyrdom,
but the worst one is the one
that never becomes known,
being forced to silence,
isolated like being buried alive in smothering cement,
wiped out, deleted, like a cancelled digit
with no hope of a return to what was lost,
reality being denied and closed to you;
and still you keep on living
on your own for nothing like in limbo;
and that's the one thing
nothing and no one can take away from you
that you are and will remain alive.



Poetry by Laila Roth
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Written on 2016-11-11 at 20:09

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ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
Aye , Martyrdom , comes in many forms. We can indeed , become a living , ghost.
Ken (D Williams)
2016-11-12



Your descriptions take us to the very depths of despair and doen't allow the satisfaction of death. Very well written!
Ashe*
2016-11-11