Like a Simile

The still courtroom air filling with the
clacking of expensive dress shoes.
The judge stands slow waiting
to start trial. As the defendant
walks in wearing his mystic
aqua suit. The trail gets ready to begin.
During the trail, the judge is a turtle
moving like a judge sentencing a murderer.

soar in the air like a jockey
blood flows like a newly formed tsunami
there’s no sneaking like soft flowers
loud as sitting on a large speaker
screams sound like a newborn baby
the girl I love as far away as my
reach for life
thrown around as if I was in
a washing machine set on high
flailing my arms around like the garbage
disposal on the beach like a fish
out of water
she leaves like the flower I had gotten
the previous day

What was the first sign of the end?
Was it when we fought like animals
fighting for food?
Or was it when we sat watching
the fireworks dance in the night sky?
Was it when we walked past each other
like two strangers?
Or was it when we held each other
like magnets?
Was it when I didn’t get you anything
for your birthday?
Or was it when we ate lobster
as juicy as fruit?
Was it when I distanced myself after
the death of a loved one?
Or was it when we fell asleep next
to each other and sprinted together
in our dreams?
Or was it when you sent that text?