Obsession

Her eyes watched him
unblinking, silent,
always a smile on her face.
He merely glanced at her,
her pale feature so lovely,
long lashes, red lips,
her beauty was intoxicating,
giving him such a strange
and unhealthy obsession.
Oh, how he longed
to kiss those lips,
to have her love him.
She was his, only his.
He would never ever
let another have her.

His friends worried
and took him to
a mental hospital
and placed her
in a new home.
He was "released" months later
and frantically hurried home
to his beloved, his one and only...
and found her
in the arms of another.

With such a rage,
he burst through the door,
terrirfying the family within.
He took a knife from
his back pocket...

The police found
the grotesque scene,
blood painting the walls.
A father, mother, daughter,
all slain by the man
who leaned against the wall
back in the corner,
his own life taken
after he "killed" his love,
the now headless beauty,
a small doll, with pale skin,
and a beautifully
painted face.