A Heart for a Heart

I sit at her grave-site,
And drink my sorrows away.
A useless excuse to drink,
But I know it's the only way.1

Her love was wonderful,
Her body was unbelievable.
And now I must forget her,
But her presence was unavoidable.2

Through thick and thin
I held her hand,
Now she lays Six feet under
Dirt, soil, and sand.3

With the thought of murder,
I considered myself mad.
But, along with the thought,
Happiness replaced the mad and sad.4

My mind was crazy,
My plan was sealed.
With the ripping of her heart
Mine would be healed.5

With all the planning
I knew what I must do,
With a gun or a knife,
Her life would be destroyed too.6

I stalked my prey,
And watched her day and night.
I saw her fall in love,
I knew my revenge was right.7

When my plan was formed,
And I knew the time came,
I went to my shed,
And drew my trusty blade8

The time was right and,
Though wind and rain,
I knew this was the chance
To end all my pain.9

In darkness and terror,
I entered her home,
And as I expected,
She was not alone.10

She and her lover,
lay there in bed,
Making love to each other,
When I entered and said:11

"Nights ago you broke my heart,
And now the time has come for yours."
Then, I approached the bed,
They knew that this meant war.12

And with a simple movement,
of hand and arm,
Two more hearts are taken,
Two more hearts are harmed.13

Now she and her lover
Lay there in bed,
With a blood covered mattress
And their bodies, obviously dead.14

I stole away
With the cover of night,
Keeping with the plan
Of staying out of sight.15

With blood covered hands,
Nights of guilt haunt me,
With a heart of murder,
Nights of ghouls taunt me.16

I find myself now,
In the strangest of places,
upon her grave,
Staring at invisible faces.17

Within the Pale faces
of the ghosts that stare back.
Her spirit's face
looks taken aback.18

Hours later the ghosts start to leave
The sunrise comes in from the east
And my fate has yet to be decided.
Hopefully I will find a love in another life, at least.