She Walks These Hills

She walks these hills
As the ghost of a woman
Who lost her life too soon
Though tragic was her end
The kinfolk do not fear her
She’s stone cold proof of pure revenge

About 7 years ago
She lived her life beholden
To the lover who kept her in his care
The finer things in life
Would be hers in aplenty
If she’d just agree to be his wife

One day at Angel Falls
Came his grand proposal
She stayed hushed with no reply
When she finally spoke
It shattered more than silence
She shattered a tortured life of lies

She said my Mama’s life
Was one of agony and torment
Yes, I know who you are and what you’ve done
You stole a baby from her bed
While her family worked the fields
And sold her for some nickels and you fled

So here I am
Your vision of the future
But I am only here to do one thing
That is to make you pay
For destroying my dear family
I am the one you stole that day

She slowly raised a gun
But before she pulled the trigger
The rocks gave way beneath her feet
No one heard her cries
As she fell to her death
But not before she shot him between the eyes

She walks these hills
As the ghost of a woman
Who lost her life too soon
Though tragic was her end
The kinfolk do not fear her
She’s stone cold proof of pure revenge