Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Death Came to My Room

"...I am dying of this heartless world..."

Death Came to My Room

Yesterday, death came to my room
- what's the matter with you
- I am dying of this heartless world
- your grandpa wants you to do well
- tell him that I have been failing lately
- why are you failing, did you promised him -
that you will fight with the pen and papers

- the pen has became a gun with a trigger-
already pulled, to shoot me dead in dark
- how about the papers to your creativity in poetry
- I burned them all after I realized that -
nobody will appreciate my poor writing
- did you try to write about depression and anxiety
- they are the spirits extending in my heart and mind

- why are you so depressing more before
- because I am becoming weak to trust my guts
- why are you silently weeping on the corner
- because my parents are following the scent of
- nowhere, hoping to find you as soon as they can
- is your heart still bleeding from the people who -
you thought that were your enemies of all the time






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