Deny Them Everything
​30" x 40"
Acrylic and ink on canvas
2019

When the crowd goes home and the lights dim
​Who listens to your heartbeat?
When the room empties and the music fades
Who hears your labored breathing?
Does someone stay to stop the bleeding 
To hold your head and hear your voice?
Your long road ends in a quiet space 
With a waning light and lowered shoulders.
Those that abandon you there
Out of the spotlight
In the quiet.
Those that no longer know your face.
Deny them. Deny them everything.

Deny Them Everything ©Hanna Bruer