Here With Me You Will Stay

I lie next to you in the partial darkness Lit by a single bulb hanging from a cable I watch you sleep in a permanent slumber Your body cold with a rigid disdain No longer a raging rhythm pounding in your heart of cruel intention Silenced are the words you shouted to beshit me Leaving you breathless never to be voiced again. The conceit reflected in your beauty Fades with each ticking moment The weight of time we spent together measured in ounces Never equated to a pound of love Your threats of abandonment Leaving me alone without regret will never be realized Made certain by the keen edged blade of my knife When I slit your delicate throat. Judge Santiago Burdon ©2018