Image Gabriel Neffke
Ashen
Fractured
Ripped apart
Words describing
The impact of knowledge.
Why we asked?
What happened?
The little boy who grew into a monster
Feared
Reviled
Death considered too good for him.
You wondered where you went wrong?
Could you have been a better parent?
His angelic appearance
Belied his evil intent
A demon within him
Sent him spiralling, plummeting
Into an abyss of hopelessness
With those around him his nemesis
Constantly at him
Crowding his thinking
Where explosions occurred
With increasing monotony.
Society worried
Wondered
Speculated
Not the why but the when.
A mother looks on across a room
A man she no longer recognises
Stands before his people
His life laid bare
His fate now beyond any concern of hers.
Tears build
Within her heart a crack appears
From which no surgery will ever repair.
Her face pained in expression
Watches her boy, destroyed.
The gulf within her wrenches wider.
Written for: http://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/photo-challenge-16-portrait/
Morpethroad 
Wow Michael this is absolutely gut-wrenching powerful powerful poem you’ve composed
Thank you Yves, the image has a gut wrenching quality to it. Have a good day.
It does indeed and you’ve done exceptionally
This is strong, I swapped the boy for the girl. Powerful write Michael.
Thank you Jenny I do understand.
for some reason the frst stanza reminded me of Frankenstein … very strongly narrated!!
Oh that’s an interesting connection. Thanks for commenting. You know I taught a young lady once with the surname ahuja. Small world isn’t it.
I sense a theme with your recent posts.
As always – i enjoy visiting YOU & your blog. 🙂
Hope you are doing well.
{Hugs}
A theme? Really tell me what you see. I am doing very well RoSy, (hugs) back at you.
Now that was interesting Michael. Very strong and vivid capture of a man who was not what he looked like and a mother’s grief.
Yes well said Jackie. Thanks so much for reading and for your comment.