The suicide

The suicide

 

His question

The night wraps itself around him

Like a comforting blanket of stars

And for a moment there is silence

No questions roaming in his head

He thinks of her with joy

Not the terrible sense of loss

That has been his companion since the day

She died and he found the note

I must go my darling the words said

The memories have won

I can no longer carry their burden

You were the shining light in my darkness

Remember me if you want with a smile

No tears

I have shed enough for both of us

Why did you leave he cries?

To the buildings indifferent to his pain

Why?

The passerby stares at him and hurries away

Carry your own sorrow I have no time for you

What word what gesture did I forget

That would have kept you with me.

Now I must be alone with your ghost

To haunt my days and nights

 

 

Her answer

Never tell what is in your heart

No one wants to hear

Even the one who says he loves you

How can they understand

What is impossible to know

You are alone with your memories

Until the day they eat you alive I am afraid

He was my life my love

I stood there as they killed him

Look at me I wanted to say

And remember when we were happy

I stood until I knew he was dead

Then I walked away

He took my soul with him that day

There is nothing left of me

But an empty shell

The days stretch without end

What am I to do with this life

That’s left me like a curse

I tried I tried to love you

I saw the plea in your eyes

Tell me what I can do

Tell me how I can make you happy

And all I could do was stay silent

I knew the pain you would feel if I told you

There was nothing I had become a nobody

You couldn’t save me

And it broke my heart

 

 Finale

 My beautiful princess

I hear your song drifting over the fields

Like a charm it draws my heart to you

Hurry my prince charming

Hurry to my rescue

Before the dragon of sadness takes me away

To his castle high in the mountains

I feel the mist like cold fingers

Waft around the trees

Silent ghosts from the past

Calling me to go with them

Hurry to my rescue brave prince

I hear the dragon’s roar growing louder

Alas too late sweet prince

Too late to save the beautiful princess

Shadows hide the tower where she lives

Do not look for your love

She is gone sing the birds

She is gone whispers the grass

You came too late to her rescue

A prince does not cry

He bows his head in shame

I was too late my beautiful princess

Now I wander the world

Shouting your name to the four winds

The mountains echo with my grief

I have no home

The one who sheltered my heart is gone