The Cost of Revenge, Part Ii
“It was a race
going to my place,
our emotions out of control,
went for the bed
and my lust-filled head
focused only on it’s one goal.
“Our clothes were tossed,
they were soon half-off
when she froze and gave me a stare,
In all my time
never had my mind
ever gazed upon such despair.
“Her face a fright,
she cried,’It ain’t right!’
Then she leapt up and grabbed her shirt.
I didn’t move,
I was so confused,
made no move to go after her.
“When she ran out
it left me in doubt,
had I done something I should not?
I pondered it,
but gained not a whit,
didn’t matter how hard I thought.
“I’ll plainly say
all of the next day
it weighed heavily on my mind,
so I went home
to my flat alone
and was shocked by what I did find:
“A woman there
with long, graying hair,
gad broken in and taken a seat.
She did smile,
but it seemed vile,
and was directed straight at me.
“She said,’Hello,
myself you don’t know,
though your father knew me quite well.
Alas, he’s dead,
so I choose instead
to bring his son a living hell.’ “
“I was quite lost,
but then she popped off,
‘Don’t you know I was his mistress?
And you dead dad
did something quite bad,
he gave me his damn syphilis!
“ ‘It played its part
and destroyed his heat,
but it was far too late for me.
But much, much worse
then my own damn hurt,
it got passed on to our baby!
“ ‘It’s doomed her life,
and it’s just not right,
since he promised to leave his bride,
but oh, he failed,
and let me to wail
left both of us alone to die.
“ ‘Could not strike him,
but he still has kin,
two children that he proudly claimed,
So my revenge
to his son I send,
soon, like me, you’ll be insane.
“ ‘See my daughter,
you’re so fond of her
that you surrendered to your lust.
And syphilis
is so relentless,
now you are just as doomed s us!’ “
“She cackled hate,
it all snapped in place;
the girl I’d met the night before!
It all made sense,
why from me she went
running frantically out the door!
“A half-sister,
what I’d done with her…
and the line that we’d almost crossed…
Then the way she
had chosen to flee,
showed that her conscience was not lost.
“It all unfurled,
the familiar curls,
my little sister had them too!
And in her grin,
and her sculpted chin…
I knew all I'd been told was true...
CONTINUES IN PART III.
Copyright © David Welch | Year Posted 2019
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