Tale of Lovers True

How did it start he didn’t know But what this was won’t let him go He prays for death so this will end What was the wound which he must sew He just had coffee with a friend A quaint old shop just down the bend They shared a cup of troubled brew So troubled heart could freely rend He heard a tale of lovers true A tale which sadly now is through Friend’s wife was having an affair A fact that he already knew What his poor friend was unaware Was he who held her favored stare Seeing friend’s pain brought thoughts profound And as friend left he just sat there Then from outside came awful sound A screeching car had target found He dropped regrets to rush outside And found his friend there on the ground And there amid the blood’s red tide He fell to deed with anguish cried And there began the endless flow As one man lived another died