A Token of My Love
Once upon an Autumn eve
among the death and falling leaves
a man stood proud and tall
what was amazing was that he stood at all
for his heart had been broken
and for that, he had taken a token
the lasses head as penance
with a woodsman’s axe, he’d made the severance
She’d put up a fight
in fact, she fought with all her might
but he was far too strong
and she didn’t struggle for long
and it only took a few swings
to sever it clean
She didn’t scream after the first
though the blood made his stomach lurch
the way it sprayed from her throat
as she gurgled her final quote
One for the ravens, he supposed
for what her words were he cared not to know
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