The Black Widow's Lament
By Blood Saga
It was simple then
and it's simple now.
The thief's
daughter
who stares at the moon
with an unblinking eye.
The moon is her mother.
Perhaps
the Gods just couldn't agree
when it came to her fate.
She
knows that Death
is just another sleepless night.
She
recalls every word
of what they told her at church.
She seems
to only wear her funeral clothes...
(there's just no sense in changing)
"Make no mistakes and you'll live forever."
The widow makes new friends
No one can grieve forever.
Flowers shake the dew from their petals
and peek out their heads
for the blushing spring.
She cranes her neck to the skies
to silence the crow perched on the power line.
They
buried her next to the others
(It was a suicide fit for the stage)
she always had craved attention.
They'd found her in the
room
where she'd claimed he hit her.
(there are still bits
of glass buried in the carpet)
where the bottle struck the wall
and she had begged for her life
on more than one occasion.
The onlookers warm their gloved hands
against the
chill of a graveyard winter.
The church's chimes ring in an age
and condemn a era.
Now restful in the arms of Death, her
Lover.
Somewhere...
in the blackened sea
of august ashes
the raven sings the tragic tale
of The Black Widow's Lament.
Comments on "The Black Widow's Lament"
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A former member wrote:
An epic indeed. Story-telling poetry is the best :)
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A former member wrote:
this was absolutely wonderful. ~ hdb.
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A former member wrote:
"It was a suicide fit for the stage" - loved this line. The last stanza is powerful.
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On Sunday, August 9, 2009, Riven Waker
(317) wrote:
a great work - the last stanza is just epic - overall, quite well done indeed