My Voodoo Bride

MY VOODOO BRIDE by JOHN M. ARRIBAS Married only three hours still in jubilation My beautiful bride natures finest creation A seaplane trip to an island just east of Haiti I had in my life a model of unmatched beauty She was tall and ambled with a certain flare Red ruby lips contrasted her long black hair Creamy smooth tan skin and dark green eyes Any man would cede her the ultimate prize As we approached the island something amiss The plane banked sharply and ended our bliss We crashed violently I don’t remember more When I came to I was crawling on the shore I scanned off shore the horizon was clear We crashed nearby how else did I get here There were no signs of the plane as night fell My idyllic dream has become a painful hell Nearly asleep I was aroused by an eerie feeling Silhouetted by the moon a man is kneeling I asked who are you? No one should be here My name is Sedah I come here once each year I heard the plane crash earlier in the day Couldn’t help I was at the other end the bay Coming here I found a woman on the beach She alive? No she’s crossed over the breach We both raced to where my beauty was lying I spun out of control with hysterical crying I hugged her and kissed her motionless face I’ll do anything for her to return my embrace Sedah asked you mean you would “ anything” Vow what you say and your wish I will bring Voodoo (2) Do you vow for her to be part of you forever Will you swear to keep her with you forever Would you pledge under penalty of fiery death To keep her close to you til your final breath If you undertake this oath there is no reneging The wrath of the Abaddon will not be forgiving I vow my honor in blood I just want her back Leave us alone for I have rituals to enact When I awoke the next morning lying at my side Still in her wedding gown I found my new bride I tried to talk to her she had nothing to say She moved so slowly and looked rather gray The next few days she struggled to act normal But slowly her language turned into to garble Her eyes had shrunken n receded into her head With dark rings and a glaze not a was word said Dark spots oozed thru onto her once white gown The skin on her face had turned greenish brown Parts of her body took on a greenish grey hue Her face a frozen pose with a distorted view Her fingers had twisted into gnarled trusses Her muscles contorting due to rigor mortis Moving of her stiffening body a macabre ballet She had totally entered into a state of decay Now indentured n shackled to my own zombie Wedded to a decomposing corpse I must be free My unworldly request an eternal curse on me Pact with a Mephistopheles I must break free Tricked into vowing she’d never leave my side I’ll extract myself from a burden I can’t abide Voodoo (3) To outwit the devil is a formidable endeavor You need to be cunning audacious and clever I have formulated a plan to escape this plight Totally incinerating her body this very night Recovering the ashes which I will keep in tow She will be a part of my body wherever I go Back to New Orleans a friendly doctor , Paul A platinum pellet with the ashes in me he’ll install I’ve beaten the devil at his own game When I die I don’t want him to call out my name