Conquest

Revision 1
Nicotine stained hands
reach through an internal haze

to touch a woman's
golden hair, spread like

a forgotten angels halo.
His fists remembering a night

of conquest as reluctant eyes open,
to gaze upon a lifeless form,

purpled and grey skin
confirming feared memories.

Original
Nicotine stained hands
reach through a drunken haze to
touch his womans hair,

But his hands slice through
dust and his fists remember
a night of conquest,

Memories confirmed
by his womans purple skin
and her grey, still chest.