Skin Deep (* The Promise)

Softly caressed
My newlywed bride
Lying in a shallow grave
A peaceful death by suicide

Nearby I can perceive
Our initials carved in a tree
Her final deed
A reminder into eternity

I consider mutual suicide
For life’s unfair
Nothing more, nothing less
Than an idealised despair

Bound by grief
I remember what she said
“I’ll find freedom ...
When I’m dead ...”

I feel numb
No mortal fears
Her purple gown soaked
By my legacy,
My blood, my tears

Ice-cold wind whispers words
Abandoning my childhood dreams
Unanswered questions linger
As from the past released

And through my final breath
I realise how fragile I am
How nearby a blissful death

--- Redemption ---

The horizon of life
Slowly fades away
Into an iridescent ray
Of sparkling light
Towards an endless night

--- Into ---

--- Eternal ---

--- Love ---