Love Song For A Murderer

Who would have thought it to see you?
No hunger stared out of your eyes.
A strong hand, a firm step, a smile;
your truth was too sure to disguise.

But when those strong arms made a circle
surrounding my fluttering heart
and I tasted the kiss that would kill me
it was death swift as poison's dark art

   Oh my life was a comfortable thing
   Even though there was rot near its core,
   Ere your kisses killed me like strong poison,
   Ere you showed my illusions the door.

Now it's thunder my ears won't stop hearing
Now my eyesight is fading to black
Now it's terror that shakes in my rib cage
Now it's claws I feel tearing my back

Your kiss killed me, and now I am dying
My safe life quickly withers away
A long gloaming that you've swiftly ended
A long twilight that brightens to day.

   Oh the shapes of my life are all fading,
   All my certainties dead on the floor,
   And I'm giving up all that I once had
   But I'm praying there's still hope in store.
   
2003 Jul 23