Dream?

[AlexandratheLate]

Dream?

Like sliding on oil she slipped on his blood
Puddled from the wounds she saw on his head
There laid the man she once worshipped and loved
Who once made her smile but now he was dead

coolness filled her body clear to the bone
fixated on the stillness-lifeless eyes
Next to the body, the flowers she'd thrown
There'd been too many tears and alibis

As she looked at her hands covered with blood
She remembered her dream-being found dead
Strangled and stabbed by the man she once loved
Taking her life on the marital bed

When she woke up, he was smiling at her
Making her wonder what he had in-store

[RhymeLovingWriter]

Perhaps another title for this could have been nightmare? Brutal stuff - yet you are able to write it into poetry. Amazing.

[AlexandratheLate]

I've been watching BBC murder mysteries lol and this just came to me - wasn't sure what to title it. I thought about nightmare. I think it needs a different title than Dream. Thank you very much Paula for reading and commenting.

[AlexandratheLate]

Thank you NY for the like. This is out of my comfort zone. 😊

[Bobby Del Boy]

A lot of twists and turns here Alexandra. This has the makings of a novel written all over it.

[AlexandratheLate]

Thank you very much Bobby.

[Suz-zen]

I like this AlexandratheLate . That you can be inspired by the murder mystery is very cool! I read this prior to your reading your comment. It can be interpreted in many ways. I especially like the lines:
Like sliding on oil she slipped on his blood
Puddled from the wounds she saw on his head

When she woke up, he was smiling at her
Making her wonder what he had in-store

I see metaphors!

[AlexandratheLate]

Thank you very much Suzzen for reading and commenting.

[mooneyblack]

Chilling and a clever warning to any bloke who engages in domestic violence!

[AlexandratheLate]

Thank you very much Mooneyblack for your gracious comment.

[grant hayes]

I like the way you've made the reader think here, Alexandra; the sense of enigma and mystery is very appealing, and the suspense of the unresolved ending is potent. Amazing that you can work all that into a sonnet.

[AlexandratheLate]

Thank you very much Grant. I was hoping for no less. This is out of my comfort zone.

[DWAYNE]

I found this gripping.

It can be interpreted a few ways.

I first read it, as an abused woman who preemptively struck at her abuser.

[AlexandratheLate]

Thank you very much Dwayne.