October - Epitaph Contest

[Juliana Maria]

(The following coincides with my story "The Fireheart Sisters" aka "Maria Fireheart's Journal." Parts you may recognize, the rest, in a way hints to the direction of the story.. )

Here lies Juliana Fireheart:

Dead by the hand of her sister Maria.
It had to be done there was no other way.
For she was so heinously lead astray,
by he who's evil love took over her being.

"She will have a hand in death"
The old man said who had foreseen,
her fiery future, her dying breath.

"Die she must or death will transpire"
Was the only answer to this situation, so dire.
Maria knew what had to be done,
She had to end what they had begun.
And so she took the dagger and pierced her heart.

Finally freed from her wicked lover's curse.
Juliana slowly fell to the floor,
with look of relief upon her face,
For she knew the world was safe once more.