Once upon a time,
The rhythm of our delicately merged hearts
Beating… skipping… racing…
When for the first time our eyes met
Was the music we knew
The only tune we could dance to.
Once upon a time,
We were both human.
But now these hands of mine,
Once innocent and fragile,
Are trembling.
This tired head now holds too much evil
Too heavy for my heart to bear
So it fell out as I journeyed here, heartless!
My tears have frozen midway down my cheeks.
For the melody in your heart has turned discordant
To you, I’ve become a lowly servant
And my mind with deep loathing, leaks.
You have made pain a constant companion
In this damned body of mine
The desire to spill blood
Your blood
Is like large flesh-eating termites
Crawling up my every opening
Feasting greedily on my insides
Dear Lord!
What is happenning?
Must I stay like this forever
Dining with the very image of my fears?
Must I, remain flat-faced on the floor
Prostrate before the beast you have now become?
No!
A year of hapiness with you
Was all I had.
Then you took as a mistress
That tall, elegantly shaped
Intoxicating green bottle!
Then you made me
Your whore
Your laundry basket
Your refuse bin.
You practiced your amateur boxing
On my belly;
Swollen with a son-
Our son.
Three in a row
You boxed out prematurely.
The last cost me my womb.
You sucked the human out of me!
And now…
Now
We are both beasts.
So let us waltz towards your grave, my beast.
All through our steps recalling
Those early nights you spent with me.
You once laughed with me
But now we have taken poison together
Bitter-sweet poison, together.
So let us go
Let’s go dance on your shiny marble grave.