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Epitaph for Mortal Prey

by Soulo Jacob Bourgeau


Â…And in their blood
We etch our destiny
Of edacious hunger
On the souls of the damned.

- Sacred Counsel of the Chimaera, 732 B.C.

01/10/2006

Author's Note: Nothing more than a snippet of vampire mythology I'm slowly creating. Just feel an urge to put it out there on the ethernet...

Posted on 01/11/2006
Copyright © 2024 Soulo Jacob Bourgeau

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 01/15/06 at 08:16 AM

Here the power of blood (mortal) to etch has strong and cohesive vitality...that it might etch with hunger upon the soul...brings it into the realm of the almost surreal, and evokes mystery and introspection as well as watchfulness of the past etching upon present...

Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 01/16/06 at 06:16 AM

You are just plain good at this stuff, Soulo. (((*')))

Posted by Maria Francesca on 11/19/06 at 09:10 AM

Wow- nice! those first two lines blew me away! -maria.

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