Edicuis

I met Edicuis

When I was walking down the road.

I was rushing to get back

To my safe little abode.

I quickly bumped into him.

He didn't say a word.

I muttered "Sorry" and started to continue

until he did something absurd.

Edicuis grabbed me by the arm.

A smile was on his face.

He said, "Hey, how about you

Come over to my place?

You seem hungry, you seem lost.

I can help you," he said.

I contemplated my decisions

before I replied, "Yes."

He beckoned me to follow.

I obliged, walking in bliss

as he said from in front of me,

"My name is Edicuis."

I nodded, still walking

behind the kindly man,

before he stopped in front of a house

and through the door he ran.

I caught with him, panting,

and saying, "Wait for me!"

I stopped behind him,

Seeing what he could see.

In center was a rope

tied into a loop and knot.

A stool stood below it,

Birch wood, I thought.

Edicuis told me

with not a hint of strife,

he said with another smile,

"This will grant you eternal life.

Go ahead, put it around your neck."

I nodded, feeling pleased.

I looped it around me

with no regret and ease.

Suddenly, he kicked the stool out from under me

and said, "I can't stay."

Edicuis left me

as my life slipped away.

If you see in the road,

Don't stop to say hi.

Continue on your way,

for his last name is Suicide.