No Man's Wife

They never saw
it coming.

By chance they
met on a day
of such a
sorrowful show.

In the loss of
his father, he found
many things in a
mother to scorn;

slowly his bitter
point of view made
his royal world a blur,
and in his heart
he grew deep a
fear of loving.

While all were
busy condemning him
she was already in love,

and so they tried to conquer
and divide what
they knew was real.

He warned her of
his poison;
she was not afraid.

He buried it
inside himself,
a tomb for all
the hidden.

It was just
her destiny to find
madness creeping,

to carry the tunes
of things she knew
but was never told.

So to the weeping
waters
she went, and
whispered all.

But the only thing
he found trust in
was that the pain
would never leave.

With every piece of her
she vowed
she would still be there waiting
for the final act.

Already numb from
the cold of all that,
the water
could never win,

and so she drowned
and thought it not a sin.

She has gone down
to her new kingdom,

dressed in bridal white.

                                                         

              by Gabrielle Contreras