the murder of love...

and so
this is
how it came about
the death of the innocents
death
death at the hands of others
murder
murder by the acts of others
others
in whom they believed
others whom they loved
and trusted
the life stolen from them
all their love
snatched from them
their dreams and hopes
their lives
as they knew them
their love
their trust
stripped
ripped
ruthlessly
from them
from the
innocents
and
there lay
their exposed souls
loveless
lifeless
wrapped
concealed
to be done
away with
rolled up
in the
rug of
wrongdoing
to be
tossed away
like yesterday’s
garbage
and he,
now taking
the lives of those
he proclaimed
to love more than
his own life
wrapping their
empty skeletons like
duct-taped disposable bags
to be tossed into
the dumping grounds
of his own
sinful acts
of
infidelity

as he

committed

the

murder

of

love