Askew Love

She couldn’t take it
She felt like he didn’t care
She bit her lip
Until it bled

She continued
To tie the rope
A hangmen’s noose
13 wraps very unlucky

She tried to tell him
She warned him
His chances were up
She had to do what she had to do

The room was spinning
The drugs she took
The beer she drank
Just so she wouldn’t step away

She thought of her happiness
Of tears she cried
Of games she played
The fun she had

If only she could
If only he understood
That she couldn’t stay
The abuse she took

The blackened eye
The swollen cheek
The eating disorder
The friends that cried

She just wanted
For him to survive
This was their final fight
And neither would survive

He pulled a knife
She had to dodge
She went to the cupboard
And took out their pistol
She was through
His mind was splattered
She threw the knife
And buried the pistol

She tied the rope
Hung it from the railing
She climbed the stairs
Put the rope around her neck

She stepped up
On the railing
She prayed
Forgive me

She leaped forward
The tear flew
Crack her neck snapped
Her body limp

The murder suicide
The tear in her eye
The letter in her pocket
Of why they had to die

It was so he couldn’t
Beat anymore women
So she didn’t have to cry
Forgive me my family

But I will still be
With him
Till the end of
The world separates us

Is this what it takes?
For love to be true
The though was ok
But the ending was askew

So she dances now with the man she loves
The memory gone only marked with red
Were the beloved rope had done its duty
And released her from hell into his loving arms