Sanity and Suicide – Turn and Walk Away

(a villanelle)

With every echo, every step betray
My broken soul in every part of you
You put me here then turned and walked away

I raised your voice with every note I’d play
While angels sang and danced in every pew
With every echo, every step betray

Because of me they grant you every stay
And every head that turns in love with you
You put me here then turned and walked away

Unwelcomed guest, tried keeping me at bay
In every deathly game that we’d pursue
With every echo, every step betray

When twice we tried to end our worldly stay
With pills and cars and blood, our mettle prove
You put me here then turned and walked away

A shadow left that haunts you to this day
Tried to conceal, yet I'm revealed in you
With every echo, every step betray
You put me here then turned and walked away

geoff's note: this entry received the trophy in Jade-Pandora's "Don't Abandon Me" competition...