Black Widow

"You are an avenger" "You are a spy" I am those, but more I am the Black Widow. I have blood on my hands, my face I have hunted people and betrayed. I have run to relish my freedom but realised No one escapes their past by fighting the devil Your ghosts haunt you in your dreams. Do not regret me when I am gone This sacrifice is a selfish one for it will calm my soul I will know I won when my demons are far Perhaps in saving the world, I will save myself. Death will bring me closure I will have died in peace, not war I will have washed off my sins And my ledger will be clean. 3rd March 2023 Contest: Marvel and DC Superhero or Supervillain Poetry Contest Sponser: Robert James Ligouri