'Till death do us part
They both once said,
But those days have passed now,
They both see red.
His eyes flicker back,
In his intoxicated head,
And she sits there crying,
Praying he’s not dead.
It was just a year
Since this nightmare began.
She remembered so clearly -
The unshaven man
Who had in his hand
A powder of white
And how her lover, so gentle
Changed so much that night.
In the months that passed,
The differences came,
He could barely even
Remember her name
And that same man,
With the stubble so black,
Kept meeting her husband,
He kept coming back.
And soon their money was gone
Their house no longer a home.
Most nights she worried
“Will my husband come home?
Or will I hear
A policeman outside,
And for him to tell me
That my husband has died?”
And now she feels
That this day is here.
She holds her breath,
To his mouth puts her ear.
And then tears start to fall
More heavy than rain
Because he is not breathing
And her heart is in pain.
She runs to the phone
Calls nine-one-one
“Please help me” she cries
“For my husband has gone”
“Please calm down”
A voice on the phone says
But she is so scared now
in so many ways.
“My husband has taken
a drug overdose”
Just saying those words
Made her heart hurt the most.
“Please send someone quick
There may still be time”
“No problem Miss,
Please stay on the line”
So she gave her details
But couldn’t think straight.
Worried how long
They would have to wait.
But in no time,
The blue lights were there
They found her so cold
Just lying there.
Her face stained
Mascara black with tears
And on the walls,
photos of them through the years.
And beside the knife
That lay blood stained red
Hand in hand the two lay,
Both of them dead.
The paramedics dumbfounded
As they walked in the room.
This drug fueled dead man
And his wife dead there too.
The heartfelt but tragic
Scene that depicted
She still loved her husband
Even though he was addicted.
