Damnation

I spread my arms and open up to the skies above

The grass beneath my feet dazzles green with jealousy

I spread my wings to their full breadth

And bask in the scorching glory of the dictatorial sun

My naked feet touches the grass with a claimant wish

I flap my large wings with the utter elegance of power.

My face bears the roughness of an uncut diamond

I can cut you through and through,

Not a drop of blood shall spill on Agamemnon's carpet

As truth wrenches itself out of your whispered love.

Your kisses melting like ice over my jaw-lines.

My eyes have seized yours as we lock into a game

Of finding reflections in eyes as we prowl in a dance

Crystal balls know not your fate as much as I do

Mon amour, je te déteste et pourtant je t'aime

Hold my hand, draw me close to you, closer more

You shake, you tremble, you hesitate, you fool

You know not what desire is, what it is to want,

To dream, to be enshrouded in pain, yet wait

For an eternity, for the sudden stroke of fate or doom.

I am the crucible of history, the incense of Time.

I write you like a piece of doggerel and throw you away

If I wish, when I want. My wings spread high,

Poised for flight, to encumber the skies in my fire.

Come, burn in me, within me, inside me

Lick me up your eyes, taste my salt, my scathing rage!