skeletons
By Elizabeth Towers

 

there are skeletons in your closet
but don't worry, we all have those
so what are you doing
sifting through rubble and bones?
searching for answers that nobody knows
you're covered in dirt now, it's time to go home

 

clean yourself off and try to rest
tomorrow you'll see, it was all for the best
to bury the secrets, amongst dust and ash
take them to your grave now,
they're all you have left

 

answers are for the living
but you're one of the dead

 

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Elizabeth Towers from US (she/they) is a writer and poet from Michigan. She writes about the parts of human life that speak to her - be they fiction or lived experiences of her own. When she isn't writing, she enjoys reading and spending time with her family.