I Kissed A Killer

 

I first met you, behind bars

in that instance I fell in love

with your dark hair and eyes

the most expressive shade of brown

I must have kissed you

a thousand times or more

but today . . . . .

today I kissed a killer

you took the life of another
aggressively, violently
shaking, shaking, shaking
your ancestors loose

all I could do was watch
the light leave his eyes
my heart breaking in two

at the dichotomy of you