No More

by Lushus - Pisces

She thrashed upon the bed 
sheets entangling themselves 
about her hips and thighs as 

she ran through the 
mist, her heart pounding 
in her ears 

Her labored breath 
caught in her throat 
as branches grabbed 
and caught her gown 

The strap ripped from 
her shoulder, falling uselessly 
revealing the swell of 
heaving breast 

Wrenching from the 
grasping arms of the 
tree, she stumbled 
on in the dark 

Her tender feet 
falling soft upon 
the warm, rich earth 
invisible in the misty 
gloom 

Onward she raced 
past ghostly shadows 
hovering, waiting 
along her path 

Looming up, 
bright red eyes, 
the demons of the 
past 

Laughing insanely 
reaching out to 
torture with 
hellish glee 

She dodged and ran, 
the litany 
repeating in her 
brain... 

'Oh please, Oh please 
don't let it be...' 

As she found herself 
before the grave 
she fell upon 
her knees 

The feeble light 
of the silvery moon 
illumined words upon 
the stone 

As she screamed 
and cried and raked 
her skin 
tearing at her 
hair 

Before the grave 
of love that's 
gone 

A marriage buried 
beneath the stone 
of hate, and 
unforgiveness 

She came awake 
within her room 
with tears upon 
her face 

Crying out his name
that echoed back 
within the ink black 
gloom  
Birth sign: Pisces
Date created: 2000-06-07 23:18:27
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:42:22
Poem ID: 56471

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