Darkened corners,
Frighten me,
When her phantom
Is all I’ll see,

Once bonded,
By heav’n’s laws
She loved me dearly,
Past my fatal flaws.

Sanctified, holy,
Joined in matrimony,
By the friar’s breath,
Ne’er to part till death

Growing weary,
Of my wicked ways,
Her love unrequited,
I was replaced.

Affrighted I tried,
To win her heart,
Lovelorn, my bride,
Grew further apart.

She drew her last,
In throes of passion,
Her lover, aghast,
Died in succession.

My blade was quick,
Stabbed and dead,
Her and Sir Dick,
Naked in our bed.

Lifeless, they lie,
Their sinful cadavers,
Submerged in lye,
Forever he’ll have her

In purgatory then hell,
I will suffer and not die.
Her ethereal yell,
Screaming from the lye

The papers reported her missing,
They had much to uncover.
They last saw them kissing,
Her and her lover.

The town searched,
But they couldn’t find,
So did the church,
But I didn’t mind.

No bones, no flesh,
No corpses remained,
The murder was fresh,
My innocence feigned.

Her wraith,
Disturbs me still
Her hate,
I still can feel.

Love unrequited,
And justice denied,
My guilt unacquitted,
In this uxoricide.