Oh, How I Bleed

A horror poem of betrayal

Oh, How I Bleed

In the darkness of your wretched heart’s throbbing shadow

Lurked a leering secret life of vile deception

One of a sinister nature directed straight towards me

 

Even though we shared the same comforting abode for many years

And slept soundly in the same downy bed

I felt this ominous thick grey cloud of danger hover above me

As I slept and during my waking hours too

 

Your repugnant hatred for me boiled in your eyes

Would constantly haunt me and cause me to even watch my back at times

Yet I never heard a hint of hostility transparent in your words

It’s only in the coldness of your touch on my bare skin

The violent force and ravage hunger of your body for mine

Devoid of any warmth or humanity

 

But life shifted quickly like an earthquake in the night

The ghastly night you held me tight in your arms grip

With a jagged knife’s blade pressed

Against the pulsing main artery of my neck

 

The evil words of betrayal you whispered softly in my ear

How pleased you were when I gave

You the antique hunting knife for Christmas

That very cold December morning of our honeymoon you knew

Just how you would use it against my neck one day

To finally cut me out of your life forever

Oh, how I bleed!

Author's Note

I wrote this for the creative poetry group.

Reviews

[Eagle Cruagh]

Now I am all upset again. I read things like this
and wonder--- just wonder.
I have the love curse. I love, give, invest, play,
spend, adore, pursue and never understand the
hurt, using, take, grasp amd destroy that others
seem to practice. Somethngs missing.
Enjoyed the writing, it is always superb.
------ John

[PWyates]

The font really drives home the personal feel of the poem. Creating a completely engrossing story I couldn't stop reading

[SmittyJas]

Wow very insightful of you to write of the your death by your husband's hands sicken me to the deadly bones what a creative mind can creative if left to wonder alone in this wicked world of ours.

[wordsofheart]

Just amazing. The theme is quite unique and the story it tells is great. Quite engrossing,can't stop in between. The tragic ending was also described beautifully.Well Done!

[Missphit]

Sounds like my third marriage, but put into the words of a poetic master. I very much enjoyed this piece because it expresses my inner feelings, albeit I will not act on them. We all have our dark sides and our personal hunger driven nightmares. That is why we read and write horror.
Bravo!

[Doug Ordunio]

I like that unrelenting hostility

[Time's The Bond]

Ohh pretty font I like the poem as well! Keep it up!

[Michael X]

This is the second time I've reviewed this poem, your flow is amazing,
dark and beautifully invented, the words reflect a poetic dreamscape.

[Mauricio Montoya]

whoa! rage on the page,nice work, well done.