A Walk Among the Tombstones
*Walking among the tombstones
*Conversing with the dead
*Alone, crying at a grave
*A woman on her knees, bowed was her head
*Her hair was dark
*Her eyes were too
*I couldn't help the strange feeling
*That this was a woman I knew
*As I approached
*I quaked with fear
*And in the blink of an eye
*The mysterious woman disappeared
*Curiosity got the best of me
*I threw caution to the wind
* What I saw at that stone
*I could not comprehend
*My breathing became erratic
*Tears fell from my eyes
*My heart sank
*As I read those lines
*Here lies Valerie
*Mother, daughter, sister, and wife
*Such a pity and a shame
*She took her own life
*Her mind and spirit broken
*Her heart was shattered
*So tired of being worthless
*To him not one moment together mattered
*Couldn't close her eyes
*Her nightmares carried her fears
* Suffocated by lies
*Drowned in her tears
*She could still feel his heart beat
* and hear his breath
* she still felt her hand on his face
* and his head collapsed on her chest
*She gave her last breath
*Praying and begging for one last kiss
*And to hear him say he loved her
* to feel the fire and emotions she had missed
*A love she once knew
*So real and rare
*So strong yet so frail
*Forever they were to share
*his promises were broken
*he chose a different life
* living for everyone else, without her
* he walked away and let her go and didn't even cry when she died
*My hands began to tremble
* What I began to realize, I just couldn't believe
*I had lost her so very long ago
*The woman who had vanished was the me I used to be...
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