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VxPoem ID: 32956
Category:
myth_legend
Posted: May 6th. 2008 11:45:57 PM
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Mourning Me
by Aithne Obsidian Sky
Age Group: Adult
Under the ancient Banyan tree
They hatched a plan to bury me
It wasn't because I'd been found dead
But because I'd been found a murderess instead.
The murder wasn't really my fault, you see
He'd lied, cheated, and beaten me, yet would not set me free
I wanted him dead, let that thought be known
But the knife did the work; had a life of it's own!
I stood in the doorway where he slept in the dark
The judgment rose up in me, the anger quite stark
Suddenly the room was filled with bright red
My handprints a bloody contrast on the white sheeted bed
I looked up in surprise at the knife in my hand
In shock, my head spinning, I could barely stand
Somehow I stumbled from the spinning, red room
Flinging the knife away, fearing my own doom...
The door left standing open as I fled into the night
I ran through the woods, guided by the moonlight
I found myself huddled under the ancient tree
Where I sought shelter; where they found me
As the village men dragged me to the hole in the ground
I couldn't scream or fight, because I was bound
I looked to the heavens to seek some reprieve
But the angels turned their heads away in defeat
I closed my tear-filled eyes as the dirt covered me
In my mind, my children's faces, my last memory
No time to reconsider: was I right or was I wrong?
As my soul was tossed into eternity headlong...
Now my soul wanders restlessly on this cold, dark earth
I yearn for the innocence bred from my birth
Yet the end holds no hope, a dream viewed from afar
A final chance to rest, to heal from these scars
Is the battle over? Has a fight for truth been won?
Was justice truly meted out under the old Banyon?
Was I truly the villain in this tragic familiar scene?
Would I be the last victim buried under this tree so serene?
~May 10, 2006
Author's Location: Martinsville, Virginia
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