Your Broken Promise
Your pleading eyes stare up at me,
blank.
I hold no sympathy,
you brought this unto yourself.
Your skin has turned glacial,
freezing my hands to your throat,
you broke your promise.
Silently, you curse me,
although this is impossible.
You make an oath
to never let me rest.
This is not my fault,
you brought this unto yourself.
I hold you under, whispering
‘how could you do this to me’
You had given up the struggle,
‘I thought you had loved me’
Angered at you refusal to defend yourself,
enraged by your trusting gaze
I scream
and hold my breath
I kick out
and resurface
Air severs through my lungs
ripping it to peices.
You reach out to my neck
murmuring of how I’d betrayed you
and how I had brought this upon myself.
How this was all my fault.
You didn’t want to do this;
I could see it in your eyes
But then your vision fogged
and I was left in some surprise
Blinded by furious anger
You shoved me down
Below the frozen lakes edge
Your screams are turned to a buzz
when I was shoved under the water
a buzz of angry locusts
as they multiplied by the thousands
The sound of death was welcoming
I knew my deed was done
As he stopped flailing
I knew I could only run
Your eyes are searching
as they fill with tears
You stare down at your hands in wonder
What had you just done?
I had to get rid of him
but no, that wasn’t right
He didn’t exist anymore
He was just an empty carcass.
But where could I put him?
Away from prying eye
I glared around in frustration
Maybe under those bushes there, thinking I must try
You burst into tears then,
as you drag me from the pond,
Your arms are oh so very weak
And you slip and hit your head.
I long to reach out and help you,
reach out, or call your name
Something to try to save you
because it wouldn’t be the same
My eyes open, slowly,
though I cannot move
I don’t know what I’m doing here
or why I could not move
Two lovers caught in an endless battle
between right and wrong
Both were killed that very same night
Both souls had taken flight
Walking slowly,
Hand in hand
up a white stone staircase
Up towards the light
One was heaven sent
The other was bound for hell