I sat there, alone, dead.
I sat there next to my body.
I sat there next to a body I did not own.
I sat there waiting for someone to come
Return it to the earth.
I sat there waiting for what comes next.
I sat there, upset. What comes next?
There is no next.
I sat there waiting, maybe for someone
To notice?
It was over. It ended.
I didn’t know whether to mourn.
Laura Verardo lives in Laval, QC with her family and many pets. She is very passionate about the arts and takes a lot of her inspiration from music.