Bleeding Butterfly

Her Explanation of Her Suicide

Kylyssa Shay
I am the butterfly, the left hand,
the traitor and the whore.
The arteries of love are cut clean through.
I hold the knife and she is my lover
Solid, trusted, and true.
She saves me from the sword,
catches me as I begin to fall.
Her love is eternal -
once I commit there's no turning back.
No one is to blame
but the unfaithful slut
and the knife I came to love.

Published by Kylyssa Shay

Kylyssa Shay spent 18 years as a professional floral designer and has aquacultured marine life for fun and profit. Ms. Shay is a freelance writer, an atheist and an avid life-long learner with unusual life e...  View profile

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  • Juniper11/15/2008

    Powerful stuff. Your poetry is fantastic.

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