“Breathe deep; just dig,”
That’s all you need to think;
Lingering thoughts your idle mind
Will drive you to the brink.

Carelessness has brought you here
You foolish, simple man;
For the warnings you ignored,
Her blood now stains your hands.

Before the night, you saw her smile –
Before the dark, she laughed;
That one last moment of shared joy
Is now her epitaph.

You gutless fool, how could you know
The stories all were true?
Countless yarns and old wives’ tales
Of the beast that feeds on youth.

Breathe deep, just dig –
That’s all you need to do;
Focus on the task at hand
And put this all behind you.

You should have known, you should have seen –
You should have been prepared,
Yet you still wandered in the woods
Where so few souls have dared.

It came so sudden – struck so fierce,
But warning not without;
For you knew it lurked in here
Yet still you clung to doubt.

Her empty gaze affixed on you,
Her mouth agape and dried –
Flushed of color and all life
Hangs the husk your lifeless bride.

Breathe deep, just dig,
That’s all that you have left
As she lay her shallow grave,
Your wife you’re now bereft.