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
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