• I cry quietly,
    lying upon my misery.
    A quest that I had failed to see.
    A promise that I had failed to keep.
    Pain slides from my eyes,
    falling to my mistake’s side.
    Cleaning off her reddened cheeks,
    kissing lips that never speak.
    Fingers stroke across her breast,
    there is no heartbeat in her chest.
    And I kneel down and kiss her cheek,
    I’d never meant to be so weak.
    Sinking down, I bite the neck.
    Ecstasy flows through my head.
    Chilled fluid down my throat,
    clench my fists on blood-soaked clothes.
    Moonlit beams to show my crime,
    shines across a better time,
    of laughter flowing in the breeze.
    Love and lust act separately.
    Stars teasing in the skies,
    watching me with twinkling eyes.
    I close my own and focus only,
    on the nighttime, cold and lonely.
    I finish my chore and move to stand
    Somehow releasing her frozen hand
    Evidence drips down my chin,
    I wipe away my final sin.
    Closing hearts to pain and fear
    The night lulls on, I wasn’t here