Persephone took a lover

Persephone took a lover

A happy initiate

Under sky

Under foot

She sought the perfect tryst

And elected

A man so divine 

In his darkness

She chose to follow

A shadow

Leaving the sky behind.

Debt

To the snake in the beak of a bird of prey,

Who colored my sun black?
To whose night did I bring light?

How did the stars map two charts

In the perfect shape of Yin and Yang?

Where did we go wrong?

Did we forget in conception

Our first inception?

This is not a curse,

But a fundamental law of the universe:

The karma you create 

Is the debt your children will pay.

Say a prayer for our daughters that it's not too late

For you to change your ways.

Blood Banner

The goddess of pleasure
Asked me to choke her to death

She signed the consent
So I wore the Nautica shirt I stole from him

A blood banner
And bled my tears into a vessel so thin
It dripped from within.

In he came
And out he went
Just like that
Till there was nothing left

I am spent

I am whole again.

A woman's body is designed for sacrifice, don't forget.

If one of us is going to tell the truth

Then I must confide:

I'm insulted

You actually believe I'm too stupid

To know you've been fucking with me 

This whole time.

It was worth it.

To peer into the shining black void of those eyes

Where there is nothing alive to find

Just a hollow cave of cold treasure, not a dragon in sight.

It was worth it.

I decided from the start;

To see how you would play each move

While I played the part;

This curious kitten, this deviant divine

Feline to feline, I must confess

I've always enjoyed your little tests.

It was worth it.

A chance to finish the game, to claim my victory—

I entered the ring armed with the 5 P's

Fighting to stifle a laugh for every time you telegraphed.

True naivety is arrogance;

Make no mistake

I heard every word, I saw everything.

Oh, how deeply you believed each turn was in your control.

But surely by now you must know

I am a diligent opponent and a student of all— 

Even ones like you so removed from grace

There is nowhere left to fall.

Despite this glaring character flaw

(being blinded by arrogance and underestimating every woman you meet—since I have to spell it out)

It was worth it.

You beautiful coward. Chthonic creature of sadness and loathing.

In the end, I win.

By the way, weird is spelled with the e before the i. Just like receipts. 

Sweet dreams.

Prophecy

I met a girl named Faith 
The day I gave up on you
Five black vultures perched on a pitched roof
Stared down at me until I listened to the truth 
While the wind and waves whistled their tune
Ravens cawed in my ears
Plucking and consuming all of my fears 
Then carried them away, bellies full
Back to their realm, to return them to you.