Nightfall Betrayal

They said you were friends, a bond unbroken,

Words exchanged, promises softly spoken.

Kevin, a dreamer, to Nakuru he came,

Chasing whispers of fortune, lit by hope’s flame.

Seth, the host, with a sly, serpent smile,

Offered a welcome, drowned in deceit's guile.

"Come, let us drink, let us toast to your start,

To the job I’ve prepared, to your trusting heart."

Beers flowed like rivers under a midnight moon,

Laughter danced in the shadows too soon.

Kevin, unaware, walked paths of fate,

Into the night, through betrayal’s gate.

Home they returned, silence thickened the air,

A blade glinted cold, stripping trust bare.

Seth struck with fury, a dark, vicious flame,

And left Kevin lifeless, draped in crimson shame.

Oh, what beast awakens in man’s hidden shade,

That friendship’s sanctity is cruelly betrayed?

The walls bore witness, the night held its breath,

As innocence drowned in the depths of death.

Now a family weeps, the year’s light grows dim,

A chorus of pain sings a sorrowful hymn.

A mother’s wail, a father’s silent stare,

Friends left in anguish, caught unaware.

Kevin lies still, his dreams torn asunder,

A life’s melody silenced by treachery's thunder.

Seth sits shackled, his deeds carved in stone,

A man once a friend, now cursed and alone.

I would say, in words carved in flame,

"Betrayal’s dagger spares no name.

Trust is fragile, a glass in the rain,

Shattered in moments, leaving nothing but pain."

© Bunguswa