Macabre tale of love

Live's path has been fraught with

macabre tales of love.

I started out on a lovestruck journey, to find

A carcass of wanton dream

rotting in the heart's cove.

I saw the ghosts of deceit

feeding on the souls of the lovers fooled.

leaving a hollow cavity of misery

where the glowing ambers of promises

and the fire of love cooled.

The pus of despair oozed

out of every pore of the rotting flesh

of the false promises made.

The black blood of passion

coagulating on betrayal's blade.

I passed by so many burning pyres

of unrequited dreams .

I saw so many hollow promises

and love struck eyes with dreamy gleams.

I now convulse when I hear those

three words, for they bring a never ending pain.

I almost drown ,when those deceived eyes begin to rain.

The tears are like acid burning into the skin of my soul.

I set on a long arduous journey, but the greatest pitfall

became my goal.

Now as I grope for hope in the darkness

of the empty void that took me in its swallow

Every moment is an eternity as my soul rest on the gallows

I close my eyes for the blade to strike

before I lose my head, before my heart is pierced by the pike.

I look back for an instant that seems like an eternity

I laugh at the brutal irony of it all and In muted agony I groan

as I realise

The carcass of dreams that I saw on the way

was of my own.