Shadow Side

Sarah O'Brien
Apr 30, 2022

A cherry off its stem.

Revenge on the rocks.

Let’s never meet up.

I end the story before

its final chapter — boring.

The villain’s robbed,

redemption arc untold.

As the hero, I get laid.

Gracefully, I bid stars

farewell as they burst:

all that supernova fanfare.

I’m happy that you care.

Poet Sarah O’Brien

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Sarah O'Brien

Poet. Founder/EIC of @BostonAccentLit. Author of Shapeshifter, Lover Sar, and of six poetry chapbooks.