INKTOBER 2018: Bottle, Day 18

Art and Poem by Miguel Guerreiro Lourenço

For this Inktober's Bottle prompt, I wanted to do some Critical Role fanart. Inspired by the way Caleb has dealt with his past, I encased it inside a bottle, which he would stare into at night. As for the poem, it plays on that further. Below is the transcription:

the colour of burnt wood

and the smell of your

mistake, filling up the

charred lungs inside

your chest with guilt.

if pain hadn't already

slashed at your heart,

you'd still be crying as

the flames lick up the

sides of your parents'

tomb.

'Bottled Up'