All the time with her

Bloodless lips pushed together
For a pulse of life,
An eye full of blood
Pale face white
As the shining moonlight;
Curtains of hair burning
As dark as the deepest cut

Her world crumbled to a fine dust
Slipping like the sounds of time
Through delicate, pale fingers
Scrambling into the dirt
With blood polished fingernails

Looking for a piece of herself
That she lost long ago
Energy waning,
Blood flowing slowly into her veins
His love was like poison coursing her lifeline
Walks with her, talks with her, scowls with her
All the time with her