| CHARMING DAMNATION |
The caliginous night enveloped the Earth Trekking through an enigmatic wood A sound to the right...or was it my left? Fear had frozen me where I stood A horned owl let loose his call A sonance that mimicked the cowardice within Inquiring of the night who trespasses here Glacial fingers violating my skin A cloaked figure materialized from the mists Overpowering my senses, with penetrating stare An appealing man, my terror subsides Just a weary traveler, no menace there A giggle escapes my still frightened throat How puerile of me to come to the dire conclusion This man was charming and debonair Was the threat to my sanity all an illusion? Each step he took the ground crackled beneath So close I was wrapped in his warm embrace He loomed over me with his full ruby lips My hand so tan against his ashen face His cheek gently brushed across my cheek My lips trembled awaiting his peck But my mouth, it seemed, was not his aim He turned South and nuzzled my neck Unexpectedly came a pricking sensation I swooned within his supporting arms His mouth still fastened upon my throat I had succumbed to his powerful charms He raised his flushing face A crimson tear upon his cheek I stared at him with limpid eyes My head so heavy, my body so weak Then he uttered the first sentiment to me "I will supply you a choice" he did confide Gruffly he implied his intent and said "You can perish here, now.... or become my bride" Entranced by his mesmerizing gaze I fathom, "Should I choose his way of life? I could rule as his queen of the dead If I opt to become his goulish wife Or should I choose death and end all my pain And rue all the things I havent done To never see a garden, a rose in bloom Regardless, never again to see the sun I decided that the only acceptable fate was to become his beloved consort Sharing the nourishment of our hapless victims Together we venture on our nightly sport. |