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255 · Apr 2022
Turn of the Blade
AprilDawn Apr 2022
it seems
you somehow slithered  away  
from an earthbound
judgement day

make no mistake
very soon
I Will Finally Know Your Name  


Two decades of
investigations  surrounded
that fatal altercation

What did you feel
as you stabbed
    him
repeatedly
and then just
walked away

Do regrets hound you
in the middle of the night

I can only hope
the devil  lies in wait
for your final days

somehow
you slithered  away  
from an earthbound
judgment day
I have not written anything for  2 years  at least. I felt the need to  talk about recent developments in my life.My husband of 20 years was murdered at work  July 2002.We are at the point of disclosure  finally , but do not  have a solid enough case to indict. Bittersweet and frustrating for us, extended  family  and  all the  investigators and manhours poured into this investigation.
203 · Mar 7
Yet
AprilDawn Mar 7
Yet
another agent
another commander  
with promises to find
that detail
missed
by every investigation team
so far
the   main suspect
is still free to do
as he pleases
your death  
yet
another  memory
in his  life’s story
that’s 23 years longer
than yours
My husband of nearly 20 years was murdered in July 2002 at his work on an Air Force Base. Year 23 arrives this summer. Multiple investigative teams have worked on his case. Not enough  proof to  prosecute  the man whose name I can't know ( for fear of retribution) . Closure is a crap word  and does not exist   in the way people think. I have forged a new life  on the ashes of my old one . Yet, I want justice.Who wouldn't ?
168 · Apr 2014
I Am Still
AprilDawn Apr 2014
dying
to know how
you were stolen from
the light of day.
Many  unanswered questions after  the sudden death of my partner of over  20 years still remain , nearly 12 years later.

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