This one was not easy. Brought back a lot of hard, painful memories. If
you're looking for romance or cheery skip this one.


The Victim

Sweet, stick in the nose smell
Thick, unrelenting, unforgetable odor
Slime running down wall and pipe
Must find the source, must make it right
In the stairwell, hidden place
Open door, drop to the floor
A bundle, not a gift
Leave this place, leave this hell
Get away from the smell
Dress to leave nothing behind
Perfume under my nose
Return to hell, return to the smell
Somebody's daughter
Somebody's sister
Somebody's lover
Anger, beat the walls
Rage, beat the doors
I make the calls and go outside
December's cold, I feel nothing
Someone's family will cry tonight

I'm Speechless,, So very sad !

In the fields that we have worked in Karma, you and I have had to see
and experience some very harsh realities, you managed to capture this
particular experience with dignity and real emotion,I know what you've
seen but you have now shown me what you felt.Well written, my friend.

oh man!!!!!!!! shivers up AND down my back.but karma. i remeber those
words from a news paper article about10 to 18 years ago.

i forgot to mention:very moving. i can relate to this. very dear to me
was a friend who was murdered 8 and a half years ago today.god bless
her.she tried to get her sister off of the streets when they were
grabbed.sorry.but this reminds me of it.

Oh My Gawd!I felt like I slid into the pages of a D.Koontz novel and I'm
trying to escape before the book is closed shut.Very powerful
Karma.Sweet Jesus!;I can only hope this was not inspired from a previous
occupation.Very frightening indeed.Godspeed!Cybear.

Cybear this is the worst I've had to cope with as a security officer.
Happened back in '95.

Sad but very heartfelt.

OMG!Karma.I would have nightmares for a very long time.I can handle
horror genre novels and films etc.But in real~life?No!No!plus one more
absolutely not.Christ this sounds like Rob Zombie Prod.Wow!I keep my
Bible close to my bed and I think I'll keep it that way.Let's just say
I'll feel a little safer and a tad more comfortable(lol).(phew)

Very powerful. WOW, I could not ever imagine having to go through
something like that. I all I can do is pray that I never will. Well
written friend.

Thanks all. Like I said wasn't easy. But much easier now than a few
years ago.

NICE KARMAFURY BUT SAD YOU HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE. RALPH

Very sad and difficult to experience...
Well written, Karma

Death is no-more, and the smell of decaying flesh
will stay trapped with-in that sense of memory.....
So sorry, but good to release, my friend.

(((((((((Karma)))))))))))) It's good to let it out

very deep dude.. sometimes we JUST need to vent a lil eh?? hope you're
doing ok me friend :o)

((((KARMA)))) thank you for sharing this with us. very powerful words,
makes you feel like you are there. hope this helps with the memories

Sad but glad you could let it out. I worked in the prison system for 17
years and typed horrible reports and read incredible things, still have
bad dreams about some of it. This brings back memories, but you do need
to let it out. Thanks for doing the work you do, takes a special kind
of person to do what you do. You brought relief to someone's family
that night, helped them achieve some peace of mind finally.

Thank you all. Yeah it did help to write about it.


Marie55, I met her family months later and again at the trial. We had a
group crying session each time.

Karma...thanks for having the courage to share such a dramatic and
personal experience. This really made me think of how very precious life
really is!