blood red
moon song
dancing wind
haunting
chill of night
somewhere sacrifice
innocent
why die
in my own blood
it did not make
a difference
things stay
ever the same
and all the alters
are cold tonight

and the winds
howl on
bitterly

she left herself
and watched
from the corner
of the room
his hot breath
and the smell
of his sex
came back
haunting her
like the moon
song sacrifice
and suddenly
again
he was there
pushing himself
inward
laughing sickly
baby you won't
ever get away
from me

holding her down
biting her
hitting her
killing her
and slowly
strangling
into darkness
then slapping awake
hot fiery
poison venom
semen entered
her soul
she died there
little more
than an alter
of pain

she felt the
wet and
watched herself
walk back
to where she
lay next to
him
remembering ....
only
the smell of sweat

love was not
what he wanted
to talk about
that day
she touched
his hair chest
searched his eyes
for something
that would never
be there
a word meaning
he did not know

she died
a little more
choking
on the web
he had spun

blood red
moon song
dancing wind
haunting
chill of night
somewhere sacrifice
innocent
why die
in my own blood
it did not make
a difference
things stay
ever the same
two years later
and the alters
remain cold tonight
and the winds
howl on
bitterly........

copyright © vicki campbell
dec 1998
written after learning that the abuser would keep his license
simply because of a glitch in the west virginia law.