All it takes

Fists clenched

belligerent

nails biting deep

clawing the paintwork

her twisted face

hard to swallow

upwelling sorrow

not this time his crime

a final push too far

too late for regret

can’t make it better

then better forget it.

Demons unfettered

one fateful moment

act beyond doubt

floods break

beyond constraint

tears fall a deep pool

of despair lying patiently

awaiting contrition

it’ll wait forever in hell

amen.

disbelief pauses

a brief moment

to study the odd

arrangement of limbs

her former husband

Dead drunk dead

at the foot of the stairs

All it takes is one little push

Too far