Still

She was still...

A body that had once been so full of life.

There was a grumbling

From the ground,

But mostly there was only the silent

Quietude of death.

She was in the woods, and the more she

Lay inactive,

The more the feral woods creatures

Began to emerge, and look upon her...

Firstly, a fox, that with bowed head,

Explored the loose chain, and

Locket that still clung to her

Neck...

...Then a parade of ants

Walked up and down her waist,

Finally ending the tour at a spot

On her face.

She was still...

A body that had once been so full of life.

Charlene had always been a fan

Of the unexplored areas

In her town...

...Her favorite spots

Were in the shadows,

Under the underpass, and

Deep in the woods

Where she couldn't hear

The incessant

Sound of cars...

Her boyfriend had been driven

Crazy...

He had a jealous heart...

...He was stepping out with another

Girl,

But he felt Charlene

Should stay faithful to him...

...He had an inkling were she'd been

Running to,

And he was sure

That she

Loved another.

When Charlene was being

Murdered by her

Boyfriend,

The woods creatures watched in silent

Horror

From the refuge

Of their respective bushes, and

Hideouts...

What was going on, they wondered?...

...Soon they would

Investigate her fate

In the wake of her demise. 

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2017

Bunny Villaire