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Loony Baby, oh so crazy

Four days and 3 nights ago,

Chilling with me,

On the staircase, our little throne

Only four years, between just you and me.

Cool as can be

Smoother than the slickest white wine

Chocolate skin, so fine every guy wanted a bite

Hurting inside

Why didn’t you tell me?

 

Loony Baby

Three days and 2 nights ago,

Three dots

upon your lower right brow.

Too cool

with those gangster fools.

White smoke

Black lungs

Promised me you’d stop but that white rod

calls you back.

Blue spots

Dizzy bright spinning light dots

Drunk off crazy stupid love

Chased down with sugar sweets drugs

Too bitter for my taste, thanks.

Loony Baby, where’d you go?

 

Loony Baby

Two days and 1 night ago,

Saw you walking with two guys I didn’t know

Came home alone

plus one more.

Hidden underneath, a little secret, for three months.

Will you name him after me?

past jokes, fun pokes

became a reality.

Who’s the daddy?

Or does she not know no more?

 

Loony Baby,

One day I saw you alone, thin and sad

Did he leave?

Did you have too many sweets

in your tummy?

Kicked him out did they?

By the way,

You look beautiful

But your eyes died.

So pretty, so sad.

I wish you were still fat

too, Baby.

 

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Loony Baby

I saw you walking down the street store

cars stop and go

making money for a pay phone.

Such dim light, can’t see what is right

so you left.

Too much blaring noise,

can’t listen

to old voices of reason.

Hear too much,

from people who aren’t there.

Looking lost.

 

Did you find your way?

Or are you still on your stilts paying

for mistakes made 3 days and 2 nights ago?

 

Why don’t you learn, then?

Get off the damn phone.

Go home.

Stupid.

I love you, you crazy fool.

 

Loony Baby lost her baby

Now she’s just a loony girl.

On the streets,

With her body.

So fine

It makes me want to cry

Loony Baby

Oh so crazy

Is it my fault I didn’t stop you when you were mine?

 

When you were still my baby?

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