In the Shadows

She tries not to breathe For she will surely be heard He keeps calling her name But she doesn't say a word She hides in the shadows Praying she won't be found Her heartbeat betrays her For he'll surely hear its sound "There's evil in that bottle" She thinks to herself She thought she had hidden it well Behind the coffee on the shelf She's tried to leave him At least a thousand times The police will never help her They won't charge him for his crimes He's one of the good ole boys With a wink and a nod He's filled with pure evil With no fear of God He comes ever closer She wonders if she should run But she knows if he catches her Her life will be done She bolts for the door And runs down the hall She trips on her shoe laces And starts to fall He grabs her by the arm As she struggles to get free When she notices his head Is as red as can be He wasn't drinking at all He'd been shot in the head If she doesn't do something soon He will surely be dead He was caught with a married woman When her husband came back The sound of a gun shot Followed the attack She picks up the phone And starts to cry She hangs it back up And watches him die