THE FIRST WIFE

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Love

Children

Then a loss

Loneliness wouldn't grip him

Not when he could begin again but this time without a wedding band

Useless

What was love if his wife was gone

The kids were fine

Not like he had a life like them

At least he kept them fed and had a roof over their heads

It all began with a hi, there

From that one time to many more times

No one would be held to his heart again

From the other side the wife saw everything

That wasn't what she wanted

If it were her that lived... She would have done things differently

Their life was tied even when one was in the other side

Of not living

Late nights

Women staying over for the night

Who didn't lable him

He was everyone's

The wife saw more

Her fury grew

She always said

My children

Why me and not he

Her eyes became dark red

The more she saw and the more she saw her children she began to drip black bloody tears

Not even red anymore

Her white dress

The same one she wore on her wedding had black blood drippings like oil spills

Alongside her appeared the darkness

She touched the wife's heart and asked

What do you ... want?

Darkness knew where things were heading

She found that it was time to ... ask

Someone deserved to be equal, it is a vow

Til death do them part

Yet the wife wasn't fully dead she couldn't even rest

Good

That would feed her maybe even twice for one

The wife out of fury said I want what he takes for granted

My children

She smiled a twisted smile

The wife couldn't see beyond her fury

Darkness then asked

If I let you walk among the living —will you honor me by being mine

What could that mean...

She didn't think twice

All she heard was —walk among the living— that was all she wanted

It was set

Night came with a whirlwind and leaves rustling all around

The husband asleep with another woman besides him

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