live and let live

she walks into the middle

of a crowded room;

the room is silent for a moment

she begins to dance

to music only she can hear in her heart

her fiancé watches her body

glisten in the light

admiring how one girl can stop time

another man sees her too

he is watching her body for a

different reason

and when she is finished he follows her

and slips a small capsule

into her drink

twenty four hours later

in the hospital room

her fiancé is told she died

without any pain

her body rejected the poison

and she slipped into a coma

he weeps

for his fallen angel

he only wishes he would have

danced with her

on their wedding day

just one more time

"life is short" is not an excuse

to hurt others to get what you want.

[Dedicated to Jasmine, who died this weekend after being poisoned at a dance, and her fiancé, family and friends who love her very much]