Bent tree
Over this body of water
Shedding leaves like
A shower of tears
They rest
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Carried away by the gentle stream
soon lost
beneath the bridge
through a dark hole
I am with them
A corpse
Singing
As I travel to the other side.
Will I arrive
or
Did they lie to me when I was baptised?
Numb
Dark
hole
The water now dances violently
over jagged rocks
Sinister laughter
emanates
As I am taken by these jaws,
grabbing at my body
rocking it
Shaking it
ripping at my hair
crushing my skull
tearing the limbs
APART!
“Dance with me pretty lady.
See how I smile?
Let me dance all over your body,
To quench my insatiable lust”.
Ice-cold fingers stroke my forehead,
Lapping to the rhythm of a lullaby.
How clean my body is
When is reaches the waterfall.
