Poems and Writings for Young Women and Women Young at Heart

Unforgiving Twilight

They were toxic to his body,
His skin and my heart.
I thought our love was unbreakable
Indestructible, eternal.
Those chemicals drank his blood.

They made him think that
He could soar through the heavens.
It was a graceful plunge
Into the deep, thick pool below.
The Serpent hands grasped for
His delicate insides.

Pink floated in the wavy water
And I cried rivers of broken promises.
He once told me "until the end,"
I stared at his mangled body
And whispered "you lied."

The days turned colder, darker
And I craved his warmth.
So I curled my fingers
Over the elusive dust
And kept it under the covers.

My brightly shining starlight,
Please help me forget
How my reflections flickered in those needy eyes.
Because here I sink deeper
Into your dirty, unforgiving lie.