It would be much too dangerous to talk about Or remember at all That night
A piercing scream from behind A clatter of fallen crockery on the floor Crimson fills the apron she wore I do not yet think to ask how or why My heart beats a silent cry I kneel beside to feel her warmth All I feel are empty eyes slice into my soul
My eyes look over the pool of red Gathered by the drops her body shed But for the blood, she can be lost in dreams I think, as I imagine her pale in peace Grabbing a mop I cleanse her of the damaging dye Her body now remains uncoloured, untainted Of that which still inflames her quintessence She's been marked, I realise In an irreparable scarlet All action, all words- scattered on the tiles Lying broken and futile