Chains rattle through the witching hour And a tense grapnel around her lungs Forcing an overwrought gasp, Beads of sweat moistening her soft skin Glistening under the moonlight That comes in through fragmented glass And the shards of transparency surround her cradling bed.
Her sweat shines But not the broken glass, Seemingly invisible, it lures her into a trap. She steps her bare feet down, touching the shrapnel. She shrieks in consternation, Feels blood touching her cutis And a solitary tear runs along her left cheek.
She careens her way back on to the mattress And her sanguine feet tag along, Staining the cloth freshly laid out Patterned with flowers and autumn leaves. Afraid to wound herself once more, She quietly sobs herself to sleep And sheds the last tear.
Sirens blare and the sun shines ever so bright, A hundred people surround the scene Letting their eyes go wild like the rain And heaving in long breaths. With pierced flesh and a lifeless smile, She went out like a light as she wept her last, And now she's the lurking shadow of the morgue.