BEASTS

Once upon a time,

The rhythm 
Of our delicately merged hearts

Beating 
Skipping
Racing

When for the first time 
Our eyes met

Was the music 
We knew

The only tune 
We could dance to.

Once upon a time,

We were both 
Human.

But now 
These hands

Once innocent 
And fragile,

Are trembling.

This tired head 
Holds 
Too much evil

Too heavy 
For my heart 
To bear

So it fell out 
As I journeyed here, 
Heartless!

My tears 
Have frozen 
Midway 
Down my cheeks.

For the melody 
In your heart 
Has turned 
Discordant

To you, 
I have become 
A lowly servant

And my mind 
With deep loathing, 
Leaks.

You 
Have made pain 
A constant 
Companion

In this damned body 

The desire 
To spill blood

Your blood

Is like large 
Flesh-eating 
Termites

Crawling up 
My every opening

Feasting greedily 
On my insides

What is happening?

Must I stay 
Like this 
Forever

Dining 
With the very image 
Of my fears?

Must I, 
Remain flat-faced 
On the floor

Prostrate 
Before the beast 
You have now become?

No!

A year of happiness 

Was all I had.

Then you took 
As a mistress

That tall, 
Elegantly shaped

Intoxicating 
Green 
Bottle

Then 
You made me

Your whore

Your laundry basket

Your refuse bin.

You practiced 
Amateur boxing

On my belly

Swollen with a son

Our son

Three in a row

You boxed out 
Prematurely.

The last 
Cost me 
My womb

Vampire!

You sucked 
The human 
Out of me

And now

Now

We are both beasts.

So let us waltz 
Towards your grave 
My beast.

All through our steps 
Recalling

Those early nights 
You spent 
With me

You once laughed 
With me

But now 
We have drank poison 
Together

Bitter-sweet poison 
Together

So let us go

Let’s go dance 
On your shiny 
Marble 
Grave.