Did she love him?

Eyes as bright as the moonlight she slipped away in

Laugh as dark as the world she lived in 

Her lips

They were the softest he'd ever touched

But her tongue was dipped in poison

And he's still struggling to breath

She spoke in poems that made his heart beat faster

Her skin was painted with art

Some of her own creation

She was his own personal masterpiece

Her mind was made of galaxies

We'd never understand 

Rivers flowed through her veins

She sometimes let drip

Daisies grew in her stomach

She drowned them when she couldn't smile anymore

She's a mystery he still struggles to understand

She's been drowning for a while now

But he didn't know how to swim

Her screams and threats still sound angelic

Despite the demonic in her motive 

She used to tell him 'love will kill you slowly."

And he always replied with "Then i guess you'll be the death of me."

Did she love him? She swore that she did

But he saw how she looked and kissed those other men

Making their tongues tie in amazement 

At the rhythm she spoke in

The way she fingered their messages

Like she used to do for him

Some say the only man she loved is Jack Daniels

She's been gone for going on two years now

But only God knows when she decided to check out

She still loves the way his heart breaks

With every injustice and deadly fate

She was his sun and stars 

But lately she's been bringing more shadow than light

Her skin still burns to touch

Now all he has is the fading whispers of 'please' and this lingering regret

And he tries to recall

The words she etched into his lungs

He tries to remember

Did she love him?