It Ends Tonight

Hard hands,
Rough, strong
Pull her from the floor.
Stand her up
To be knocked down again.
Tear stained cheeks
Red envelopes brown
Where white should be.
Voice raw from screaming
From crying.
White walls stained whiskey brown
Broken glass glitters in the carpet.

Blood still dried beneath
Red painted fingernails
From scratches left in
Work tanned flesh.
Long slender hand,
Milky white flesh rests on
Cold steel beneath the mattress.
Eyes closed, mind awake,
Waiting.
It ends tonight,
Whispered into the darkness.

He stirs in his sleep
As she climbs from the bed.
Cold steel pressed to bare chest.
One pump, two.
Shotgun blast
It ends tonight,
Whispered into the darkness.