Walking
through a
dire forest, I
see a blinding light

I
creep closer
inspecting, glaring, wondering
pondering this phenomenon’s origin

The
light fades
a woman stands
solidly like a mountain

She
steps forward
and where she
stood I see nothing

Quietly
A single
sad, sable rose
sprouts gracefully, silently, upward

No
butterflies light
upon this desolate
bloom of mournful sorrow

I
listen to
this melancholy maiden
as she sedately speaks

Describing
her mission
her goal of
utter destruction and despair

The
woman fades
away, without a
trace, like never existing

Wait
don't go
Tell me your
name, I implore, commanding

"I
cannot say,
but you will
discover it soon enough-"

"Let's
just say
that I am
an angel named Depravity"

04/02/2002

Posted on 04/02/2002
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