Deadly affections

He was that man,
you know,
tall, dark, handsome...
the perfect package.
Hard working, smooth talking,
so amazing with your kids.
You thought you had found,
"THE ONE"
but people with no pasts
carry dark secrets-
You married, you loved,
you bore him two beautiful girls,
what a wonderful way
to round out
a "perfect family".
But there was trouble in paradise,
wasn't there?
Control issues, anger issues,
things that go on behind closed doors,
family business
that is no one else's, is it?
Three times you filed
with the courts.
Backing out of finalizing
this marriage of hell
you now found yourself in.
This time was going to be it,
you were done, tired of the fights,
tired of being afraid.
But your 'perfect man" had other ideas-
He dragged you to the basement,
trussed you like a Christmas goose,
giving you pause,
had he done this before?
Gagging you,
so you couldn't cry out.
Out came the box cutter,
across your face it slid.
Cutting deep,
he whispered these words
into your ear;
"if I can't have you,
no-one else will want you."
Then came the gun,
one blast, searing pain,
pieces of your foot in tatters...
He left you there,
silently screaming in your head,
so much fear in your eyes.
God, where had he gone?
He had so many other plans
for your "perfect family".
Taking the youngest girls
out to the garage, engine running,
fumes extinguished their life flames.
Returning to place them
back to bed, tucked in,
"sleeping" so peacefully...
He wasn't done was he?
Dragging the older children
into the basement,
to you,
he wanted to make sure you saw
the life leave their eyes.
A single bullet
to the head,
dispatched their life flames.
You swear you saw their spirits
fly out...
With that he was gone.
Left alone, mind splintered, body destroyed,
at your feet laid
your progeny in a ever widening
pool of blood...
They found you there,
the police, called by the same man
who had done this to you,
to your children.
Destroying everything you held dearest
to your heart.
Who was this monster?
This stranger you had married,
had children with?
This "perfect" man?

Based off of true events that occurred in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, September 2016