A Nightmare's Song

I begin to plummet into a nightmare's song, foretold
A horrid recollection of lies flailing past my ears,
Like bullets from a smoking gun, puncture my soul
Through and through, with the burn of a raging fire
I feel it, the blood of her soul now entwined with mine
Like one we become, as her wretched story unfolds
And like a reflection of his hate, we bear his mark

She paused, "wounds can heal with time."

As I tumble faster, reaching out with nothing to grasp
Was there ever any good in him, for me, for her to hold
I come across a face, obscure like an old time movie
Flashing, black and white, distorted, now without sound
Eyes, peering back at me I see, black and unrelenting
And the glare of his rage so bright, it pierces my skin
I clench my fist, my heart is slowly tattered and torn

"The pain", she says, "will subside with time."

As I slowly come to a stop amid a painful path
I hear such a horrible sound, some sick, sadistic song
Indistinct words falling from his mouth, stale and bitter
They begin to pour faster as I bleed, bleeding his words
I feel him now, his grip, I hear the shatter of glass
Though I thought, 'til I feel the ache of broken bones
And with the wounds of her nightmare I now bestow,

She whispers, "scars will fade with time."

As I catch my breath, her song I no longer can stand
I scream for her, "please stop singing your song"
Her voice I no longer hear, just the beat of the drum
Wait, that's my heart, it's racing, the beat of the song
A blinding light, my eyes I tighten filled with tears
As they open, I see only me still bearing her scars
But, there's only me and a faint echo of my screams

I say to myself, "the scars may fade,
never will they disappear."

The words come easy, across my chapped lips
As if spoken a thousand times before, they sting
I come to my feet, drenched in sweat and tears
As I walk across a sunlit room, my reflection I see
Her scars, faded, my body they have conquered
The pain I no longer feel, blood, I no longer bleed
And across the mirror words I've written, I read,

"wounds heal, pain subsides, scars
fade, never will they disappear."

8.26.07

[This is a prose/poem, a work of fiction.]