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Black and White and Red All Over
by Rie Sheridan Rose
There’s a silence in these halls
held in by thick stone walls…
Shadows thick as midnight,
though the window pulses sunlight.
.
I was so happy then,
the day I last came in,
he waited at the altar—
and my steps they did not falter.
.
I was a blushing bride,
with my father at my side,
my dress of pearly white,
everyone’s face alight…
.
The best day of my life,
Now sullied by time’s knife…
We were young and had it all.
Forgetting the inevitable fall.
.
A year has come and gone,
since he was first to travel on…
I thought I could bear it…
but that idea has no merit.
.
I couldn’t stand to be alone,
so even though I can’t condone
the method that I’ve chosen here,
I’ve gone to find my love so dear.
.
I leave here in this sacred hall
this garbled note explaining all…
I’m sorry for the bloody mess.
A sea of red on snow-white dress.
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Fiction © Copyright Rie Sheridan Rose
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More from Author Rie Sheridan Rose:

Overheard in Hell:
Dark Poetry
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…unless you like the touch of an icy finger up your spine.
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A sadly beautiful dark poem.