SPLATTERED SOUL

He grabbed her by silvery throat

Hurled her across crimson room

body slithering down wounded wall

blooming red puddle underneath

blood seeping through floor boards

condo below, maroon drips on my head

gory awareness, I wipe blood from my hands

staining the sheets with sanguine anguish

glance up to grasp source of silent blood

dead air makes no noise but shhh

I hear fired footsteps absconding

cold feet freeze me in cowardice

turn out light, go back to delusional bed

cover my head pretending didn’t happen

splattered soul mottled and besmirched.