Hidden Secrets

Ten

The boy begins tainting his skin

in the bathroom tub

of his crummy home.

He begins to wonder,

did she know

that she was going to die?

Is that why

she asked the question

that has haunted him

since that day?

His blood begins

to drown him,

coiling around him

like a cobra,

like love,

ready to bite.

The last thought

that runs through

his mind

is her

beautiful face,

as his ran

through hers

as death's fingers

strangled her,

while he

slowly slips

away in the current

of his blood,

to never wake again.

If you paid attention you would have found five stanzas. The word death has five letters.