the murder

 The Murder  by Klaus

That which could be killed

was put to death.

For a while he wandered,

until all links had withered,

and the soul gathered itself

in silent contemplation.

When next he stepped

into the city of Earth,

he risked his life

to save a man from drowning.

Years later he still wondered

how, the day he pulled

the stranger from the water,

that burdensome feeling

he could never explain

became the urge

to seek the better part

in all he met.