her hands half hidden in her hair
curled tense against her pounding skull
could scarse restrain the throbbing there
her sensibilities grown dull

and that perhaps explains the deed -
not violence, nor quite despair -
but finally fulfilling need
for freedom from the whole affair

of most excruciating pain -
and really nothing more implied -
before it drove her mind insane -
to find some peace! -- not suicide --

but liberation! great release!
-- the courage to put her hand on these --