Blackout

Epilogue

All gone

Alone in the drawing room, thinking

She dipped her pen in the ink.

She wrote quickly;

"Forgive Me"

Follow the sound of the piano

Painting his canvas

Straining dusk

Growing louder

Ah, there you are

Stepping out to sea 

Abruptly return to silence

Remembering no longer

The increasing footsteps

Delayed

                        
         

                                              

Deep breath

More than a sigh

Silent

London

You didn't neglect me

Disapproved mistake

Still alive?

Mouth was open, bright red lips

Mary? Dead.

Not looking at me

Pausing...eyes looking

She has ignored the careful words

"I know you" 

I was forced

Sinful and wicked in the eyes

Eyes blurred with tears

And acted so shamefully

Gather evidence , come to death. Time to wonder

Mind after the evidence of his death, the murder. 

Kill, hide body. Accidental crime, suspect of murder.

Candle flickered 

The silence returned

Evidence found, guilty, cause to kill

Future silenced

I reached the gun 

Realized the illusion

Time ceased.......You killed

Scream.

Now stillness...shrouds of the mist

No noise, white ghost 

Her lips drank every drop of poison 

Such screams....such horrors