a shot in the dark

a shot in the dark;
the wild dogs barked.
the man had found his mark
in the middle of the park.

swift and silently he tread
towards the woman in red,
her eyes glazing over as she bled,
hapless and soon dead.

for an instance eyes connect;
two souls once united perfect,
now torn, scarred and wrecked,
malice and regret intermixing unchecked.

a shot in the dark;
the wild dogs barked.
the man joined his mark,
now dead in the middle of the park.