Revenge

Another day's sun Lights the carpet of the earth Where an evil that is done Waits suspended in the dirt. Unfortunately, the aura That was fashioned from his life Cannot be changed to flora Like the flesh that now pulls tight. He butchered all my daughters One savage, blasphemous night. Now I fear his poison waters May flow farther than the site. One day of intense tortures I visited that grassy glade Where the beast escaped the torches But fell upon my blade. Two dogs with canines blaring Fought hard to claim some food. The victor now lay staring -- Dead and strangely lewd. I hastened from that burial mound Least my shoes pick up a trace From that moist, infected killing ground That -- God forgive me -- I helped deface.