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Ashes swept through shafts of amber light,

poignantly greeting the dusk's demise.

The silhouettes of a mother and son

watch the embers drift, their essence glow.

Iris flickers with a burning loss,

yet no tear is shed for his body aflame -

a perpetrator of domestic violence

cut from this world, a charred stain.

His memory held in utter disdain.

No longer feel his tainted breath,

nor hand upon your neck.

The threat of innocence to be lost

justifying mother's onslaught.

Only cathartic silence remains,

amidst the chaos in their hearts.

Hands quivering from the kill,

trepidation is no more.

For a moment she held a mournful gaze at the embers burning bright,

before she turned away...

and allowed the presence of his affliction

to be dispersed with his remains.

Flawed by design,

a mind displaced,

systemic disgrace.

No longer slave to his behest,

the commanding tongue has been severed.

His deviance now laid to rest,

their long recovery can begin.

Only cathartic silence remains

amidst the chaos in their hearts.

May peace resonate within,

Trepidation is no more.