This is another experimental visual piece constructed similarly to Kill Our Heroes. While I’d hardly consider this one a poem, it’s not a story either, so I cataloged it in the poem category. There’s no right or wrong way to read this nor is there really a right or wrong way to interpret it. Like I did with the last piece, I’ll break down the true meaning after the work.
While the theme of loss (and perhaps guilt) is evident in this one, the true meaning of the piece is much more complicated. The story here is that a grief-stricken father has lost his only child—a daughter—and contemplates suicide to end his grief (and perhaps reunite with her in another plane of existence).
So to better understand what is happening here, reread the piece with the knowledge that the father has already gone through with the suicide attempt and is bleeding to death. He is cycling in and out of consciousness and is facing the fear of death, the regret of his actions, and the realization that his death will not bring back his little girl nor will he be reunited with her as the only thing to greet him on the other side of life is dark nothingness.
Caleb James K. 