a/n: based on events in "The Adventure of Thor Bridge"
Another one for AdidasandPie; a variation on the audl gywydd.
Holmes and companions do not belong to me.
POV of, in turn; the widower, the governess, the victim, Watson, Holmes, and anon.
Thor Bridge
A single shot to the head;
The girl he'd wed years long past.
Free to woo another one
Now she had gone. Hope at last.
~0~
A single shot to the head;
But she had fled from his wife,
While she raged and ranted still.
She meant no ill; took no life.
~0~
A single shot to the head.
A strong thread should lay the blame
On that charming governess.
Death, no less, will bring her shame.
~o~
A single shot to the head.
"Guns", he said, "can be just right
For solving crime." Tightly tied,
I watched mine slide out of sight.
~0~
A single shot to the head.
She lies dead. Case cut and dried?
A straightforward, simple crime?
Not quite, this time. Suicide.
~o~
A single shot to the head;
A tale instead of hope lost,
Obsession, pride and love spurned.
Lessons are learned. At what cost?
~0~
a/n2:audl gywydd:Welsh form;7 syllables per line, four lines per verse. 2 and 4 rhyme at the end, lines 1 and 3 end with a rhyme which appears in the middle of lines 2 and 4 (cross rhyme) I have also written a Sherlock poem using the same form. It seems to work best for slower introspective themes. I don't think the first line of each verse is repeated in the original form, but it seemed to fit here.