For Maddy

For Maddy

Her life, immortalized in me and pen
Fills mine with meaning
And through her I can find myself again

Surrounded by a sickly mother
Who tried to take the best of me
she did what she thought would bring me further

I had the option to leave everything I knew
And start again, away from my own devil
but my new family, too, whom she slew

Pulling out that gun and the firing started
Was it a spur of the moment thing?
Different targets, but it still hit my heart

And in trying to keep me to herself
She broke the only thing keeping me there; her own spell