Civility

Civility


Civility comes from breakdown.

It comes from being broken
     being taken
     bled
     raped
     and mind tortured until anger is a beggared plea.

Civility comes from places where maybe lovers used to tread.

It comes from empty parks.
     now cemeteries.
     Swingsets
     now gravestones.
     Trees
     now gallows.

Civility comes from lovesongs gone sour and words gone hollow.

     like – “i love you”
     and – “you’re beautiful to me”
     or – “i want you”

Civility comes from time
     from life
     the million changes we could never stop
     and always promised we’d never let happen…

Civility comes…
   …after the dreams have died.

-Tutivillus