The Outskirts of Town

Some say he lives there willingly, choosing that over death. 

Outside the protection of many may as well be death. 

Yet still he lives, perhaps… no one knows. Rumors are that he has died. 

They say his woods are cursed. Few dare enter.

But there are those that leave the protection, and never come back.

Still others leave, but come back bruised and bloody. 

They go out to find him, to kill him. 

It is rumored that he murdered a woman, and that is why he must live on the outskirts of town. 

I am he.

But I am innocent.