She
She was jealous not of me
She was jealous of herself
If another looked at me
She could never let it be
She killed a woman with her shoe
Stiletto to the heart, beatless
She killed my will, and me she wooed
She was pure, she was nude and lewd
She loved me so; her love, a gale
I loved this siren head to toe
I loved her eye, I loved her nail
I wrote her poems; she read my mail
One day she loved me, her love was strong
I had her body, her mind was gone
See, I thought her mine – behind, a throng
She whispered sweetly a sick swan song
This dame was trouble, you can tell
She fell from heaven, blackened wings
Her soft feathers like razors smell
I got it wrong – she rose from hell
Continue reading
Also by Alex Mascarenhas
- Jewel of Denial1 MIN
- Touch-and-Go1 MIN
Other voices · In conversation
- Speciesless1 MIN
- Subversion1 MIN
- At dawn, again1 MIN