Here I lay, lonely and forgotten
Covered over earth without a coffin.
Dressed in white, but not on the aisle
Bouquet of flowers, the scent no longer alive.
I rot in darkness below a tree
With pealing skin and maggots as my only company.
Tring for years to forget the day,
When my innocent life was taken away.
He came to me like a God, handsome and well dressed.
With a bouquet of flowers and a ring in his hand.
We wanted to be wedd, but my daddy said no.
So to run away, was our only option.
On the faithful night when we were to leave, I stood below the oak tree were we were to meet.
Dressed in my mother's gown, beautiful as the moonlight, that glistened and shined with heavenly delight.
Waiting for hours, my love not in sight.
The forest and its shadows decided to keep me alight.
With bent figure branches and cold wisteling winds,
I quiver in the darkness tring not to give in.
Then I heard, a voice but no one.
An unknown figure, scurrying about.
A cloak of black and a hunched over back.
With a sinister snicker that gave even the trees goose bumps.
I spin and twirl, cry and wonder
If it was my true love, playing a game of wonder.
Before I could speak I feel it there
A hand to my neck and a blade through my chest.
Collapsed on the floor, cold as the morning dew
My murderer stood above my with eyes so cruel.
He raped me of what I had and left me with nothing, but my mother's wedding gown now torn and soon forgotten.
In final breaths, I look above to the now familiar figure that I knew and loved.
A final kiss he blew and whispered to me
"Good night sweet Emily, your love I will soon forget."