Fragrance

Smell dwells..perfume to stench

At midnight his slumber breaks,
He hunts through the empty sheets,
She has left behind her silken robe only,
The bed, the room, himself feels incomplete.



The smell of lavender still fresh,
Mixed with the heavenly aroma of her body.
He grips the robe and whiffs it,
The animal in him starting to get bawdy.
The jones to touch her smooth skin,
The cravings to pivot his fingers in her hair,
The urges to hold her firm in his arms,
The arousal turning into neanderthal desire.



He leaps out of the bed and ransacks the room,
Trailing her faint fragrance in the trapped air,
He traces her footsteps towards the balcony,
Finally, finds her sitting calmly, immobile on a chair.



He pounces on her like a predator on its prey.
But before he can quench his risen lechery,
Finds her naked corpse and a blood stained letter.
With trembling fingers and shocked countenance,
He picks up and reads whatever is scribbled on the paper.
She says " I cannot cheat on him anymore,
I'm incredibly tired of this treachery,
I love you as much I love his love for me!
I'm putting an end to my misery."



He lifts her body and plants a kiss on her lips
He says "Darling, you still smell like lavender,
And you still taste like strawberry."
The covet warm skin was merely a frigid cadaver!

Author's Note

"If it is not unexpected it is so not me" :) Reviews & Suggestions r welcome :)

Reviews

[ANTO]

This is an intriguing tale FE.

I have to admit had I not seen the necromancy tag in the tags I wouldnt have guessed past a love-suicide by the lady. The dead body comes through but I didnt get that he was keeping her like that - I guessed he found her like that.
Now that I realise the guys pecadillio I understand the whole write. Perhaps more emphasis needs placing on his love of her dead body.
Creepy but could be excellent my friend. :)


in the last line I think covet should be coveted.

[Frozen Eyes]

Thank u for reading between the lines, and about "covet" since i chose to write it in "present tense" as he keeps doing the same thing in a cyclic manner, so I chose to keep "covet" instead of "coveted" though technically it should be the later but just using a li'l poetic license here. Hope I could creep you properly :D

[ANTO]

Poetic license - of course FE, its your writing my friend.
yeah its creepy alright. Like that weirdo in Silence of the Lambs who made a suit out of the skin
*shivers*
:)

[Frozen Eyes]

I could come up with a prequel to this later may be.. hope it gets creepier in knowing the facts behind the fragrance ;)

[ANTO]

spoiler alert ** don't give too much away - ooops - I can guess about the fragrance now - I have a viviid imagination ;p

[??????]

Scents have a way of releasing a lot of feeling for sure:) Great write:)

[Frozen Eyes]

Yes of course they do, Thank U :)

[??????]

You're are very welcome:)

[Ashira Macy]

Definitely wasn't expecting that ending at all. I loved how animalistic you made him in the beginning, and how tender he became towards the end when he discovered her corpse. It was so beautiful, but very sad.

[Frozen Eyes]

Thank U, but i owe u an explanation here, "HE" wasn't tender about anything, He here is the murderer & a necromancer.. hope that adds to your surprise :)

[Ashira Macy]

Oh my, that definitely adds to the surprise.

[Frozen Eyes]

Im glad it did :)

[Flutterby aish]

WOW...it was an amazing write up. You spin words beautifully. I didn't read any of the tags n directly got to the poem so for me the tale unfolded perfectly and i loved every bit of it. Thank you for sharing. :D

[Frozen Eyes]

That is really wonderful, Im glad my words reached you appropriately & the tale told was worth discovering through the read :) Thank U for the wonderful review :)

[Flutterby aish]

Welcome. :)

[AaronFreitas]

Beautifully romantic tale my friend :) Loved it!

[Frozen Eyes]

Im glad you liked it. There's a Little correction here though it is a "necromantic" tale my friend :)

[Cherry Pepperweb]

This is fabulous! The way our senses are heightened and teased by the aromas of love.
Fantastic.

[Frozen Eyes]

Thank U dear :) Hope U got the part where the love story is about a necromantic lover :)

[Cherry Pepperweb]

Lol! I thought it was a metaphor for a cold lover!

[Kshitij Srivastava]

Yes, it is rather unexpected. Emotions are perfectly captured which is very important for establishing the character. Perhaps you should remove the tag 'necromancy' because it gives away the core of your poem and while reading it i didnt feel like you wanted your readers to know it straightaway.
Is there any chance the 'Partho dey kollkata corpse case' inspired you to write this?

[Frozen Eyes]

the inspiration was Porphyria's Lover :) thank U for the suggestions even i was considering the tag revomal :) thanks for the review *cheerios*

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

wow...lol...you have succeeded in scaring the hell out of me.
This was a both thrilling and chilling. The imagery is haunting.
I found it disturbing and that ability to evoke emotions always
impresses me. lol.

[Frozen Eyes]

Im glad I scared U :) thank u for the review & feeling the creeps.. Cheerios :)