"Splatter/Squished Bug," a poem by Kaitlyn Tran

It starts with one

All I know

Watched you go

It starts with a crunch 

Then a splatter

Like you never existed 

And or mattered

Smeared across the rough

Your emerald armor once so tough

I stood there

Now alone

Slinkling back into straws of green

I stare with eyes of numb

Just two young fools

Known for being dumb

Body now flayed

Legs waving loosely in a messy cascade

Dead friend squished on the pavement

Why must you leave me alone? 

Lost 

Alone 

By myself

And on my own