(Inspired by Robert Brownings "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover")
He only loved for the emotional thrill.
Pleasure and knowing her love was his.
He'd see her flash a smile toward passerbys.
Jealously fuelled his rage, her beauty was his to admire.
Her smile his to adore through troubled storms.
No man must see her for what she is.
Such beautiful hair circled her face, a simple twist of a hand and spin of the body, her locks of gold took her life.
He smiled, holding her as if she was a baby, treasuring her beauteous features.
He only loved for the emotional thrill.
Pleasure and knowing her love was his.
He'd see her flash a smile toward passerbys.
Jealously fuelled his rage, her beauty was his to admire.
Her smile his to adore through troubled storms.
No man must see her for what she is.
Such beautiful hair circled her face, a simple twist of a hand and spin of the body, her locks of gold took her life.
He smiled, holding her as if she was a baby, treasuring her beauteous features.
As he slept, she returned to him in a dream.
"Fair love, once mustn't sin. A simple smile is nothing but kindness. Your obsession killed me now my memory shall take your life."
A jolt of light flashed, waking the man.
He looked beside him only to see his wife, gray hair and bones below the sheets.
Her beauty was no longer his.
Her head slowly turned, winking as her boney hand wrapped around his mouth.
Not a scream nor a breath emerged.
She fell still, smiling that kind smile as he collapsed next to her, his eyes glued closed, never to see beauty, only darkness.
As he slept, she returned to him in a dream.
"Fair love, once mustn't sin. A simple smile is nothing but kindness. Your obsession killed me now my memory shall take your life."
A jolt of light flashed, waking the man.
He looked beside him only to see his wife, gray hair and bones below the sheets.
Her beauty was no longer his.
Her head slowly turned, winking as her boney hand wrapped around his mouth.
Not a scream nor a breath emerged.
She fell still, smiling that kind smile as he collapsed next to her, his eyes glued closed, never to see beauty, only darkness.
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