home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ Gold Medal Software 3 / Gold Medal Software - Volume 3 (Gold Medal) (1994).iso / bbsutils / sun9403.arj / POE8 < prev    next >
Text File  |  1994-03-01  |  2KB  |  86 lines
  1. Reprieve
  2. Copyright (c) 1991, J. Harlan Pine
  3. All rights reserved
  4.  
  5.  
  6.  
  7.  
  8.                             Reprieve
  9.               (An answer to The Slashing by Anon.)
  10.  
  11.  
  12.                       Two drops
  13.                          one clear as crystal
  14.                          the other crimson red
  15.                       Slowly falling
  16.  
  17.                       Pain
  18.                          leaking out her wrist
  19.                          agony
  20.                       Leaking out her eyes
  21.  
  22.                       "I'm sorry," she whispers
  23.                          as tear drop and blood
  24.                          fall
  25.                       Simultaneously
  26.  
  27.                       "I'm so sorry," she sighs
  28.                          the pain in her eyes
  29.                          overwhelming him
  30.                       Cutting deeper than the razor
  31.  
  32.                       "No!!"
  33.                          he shouts again
  34.                          and blinks
  35.                       The drops are gone
  36.  
  37.                       Arm held out
  38.                          wrist bare
  39.                          hand squeezed
  40.                       In a tight ball
  41.  
  42.                       Cold smile
  43.                          gone from her lips
  44.                          other arm rising
  45.                       Silver glinting in the light
  46.  
  47.                       Helplessly
  48.                          he watches
  49.                          a line of death
  50.                       Descend
  51.  
  52.                       To hover
  53.                          slowly drawn
  54.                          across her lovely
  55.                       Frail wrist
  56.  
  57.                       Again it happens
  58.                          veins slashed
  59.                          blood welling
  60.                       Beads along the gash
  61.  
  62.                       "No," he cries
  63.                          softly
  64.                          by her side
  65.                       Stopping her
  66.                         
  67.                       The razor continues
  68.                          its fall
  69.                          clattering
  70.                       On the gray, concrete floor
  71.  
  72.                       Wrist untouched
  73.                          arms encircling
  74.                          despair
  75.                       Finds comfort
  76.  
  77.                       Flashback
  78.                          his tear, and hers
  79.                          fall
  80.                       Simultaneously
  81.  
  82.  
  83.   Copyright (1986, 1991) J. Harlan Pine
  84.  
  85.  
  86.