Crystals,
Drifting down,
Their whiteness
Blanketing my heart.
Why did he choose
To go with her,
Leaving me behind
To face a shattered life?
Why did he choose
To forget about Dief
Recovering from her bullet?
Why did he choose
To forget about Ma
And the loss of her house
That I put up for his bail?
Why did he choose
To forget about me
And the prison term I faced
Because of her?
I shiver in the cold
And look up at the window
Of his hospital room.
No light spills out.
It's as dark as the blight
On our two souls,
And still the snow is falling.
Why did he choose Victoria
Over me?
"Gilda Lily" (7/17/96)