smoking barrel

twisted steel

recocked trigger

the devils quill

plume of smoke

rises high

its killing bullet

stained with dye

blood splattered over

tatty sheets

life is leaving

pooled at feet

head hits pillow

skin bleached white

blue tinged lips

are kissed goodnight

kiss of death

twist of fate

silent path

she's forced to take

bathed in silver

wreathed in gold

the entrance to

another world