Undying Love
On the night spirits rush outside of the door
The fire grows larger, singeing the floor
His heartbeat grows faster, denying his will
And his sweat beads grow larger in spite of the chill
Outside of the window, a maple tree scratches the pane
And an eerie ghost light is distorted with rain
On a branch on the tree hangs a ragged old noose
And out of the deadlock the bolt has come loose
He scrambles on back, pressed up on the couch
While his shoulders are rigid, not a remainder of slouch
The wet door flies open and smashes the wall
And a figure’s before him striding into the hall
He covers his eyes in death panicked fear
And croaks to the spirit “just why are you here?”
“I am”, she said with a hint of cold glee
“The woman you wronged, you can’t forget me”
She stared in his eyes with her piercing black sockets
“You killed me last year with my very own locket
You squeezed at my throat and you gouged out my eyes
You left me in blackness, alone with the flies”
“You took my locket, with picture come loose
Secured round my neck in a glittering noose
I couldn’t believe you’d ever do that
And that’s why I’ve come back, to have a bit of a chat”
“To think that we had just had a walk in the park
And to think you would leave me alone in the dark!”
The spirit sighed, a long grating thing
Then plucked from her finger a tarnished gold ring
She held the trinket up to the fire
And laughed at the man still enraptured in mire
“I still can’t believe you chose her over me
I think it’s time I we talked...don’t you agree?”