Summary: One man’s tale of surrender to a mysterious beauty, told through poetry.
Author’s Note: Hey everybody, this is my first submission in a long time. It’s a poem, which I figured I’d try out just for fun. Hope you all enjoy it. As always, I’d appreciate any feedback. Feel free to email me at MCBridger@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: This work is intended for mature audiences aged 18+. All material is the property of the author.
Light of the Night
Listen you, and hear my tale
I’ll spin a story without fail
So take these words into the dark
And sing of this man’s dying spark
It all began that fateful night
Of my demise and her delight
To say it now fills me with dread
But I must speak, I’ll soon be dead…
A married man, I loved my wife
But I felt I had a stagnant life
She found out my infidelity
And in her rage she cast out me
Along a road I traveled hence
Where travel knew no gate nor fence
A long time I did walk alone
For I knew I could not return home
Far from the town I’d gone that day
Escape I sought through secluded way
My feet had found such foreign ground
The dark had come no way was found
T’was then I knew that I was lost
And so it was with fingers crossed
I picked my way through winding trees
The moonlight blocked out by their leaves
Hours passed without a clock
And through the bush their came a shock
A woman’s voice rung in my ears
And so it did assuage my fears
A song so clean, like water pure
The sound of it; my sorrow’s cure
A beacon in this dreary night
A promised hope to help my plight
I struggled so in that direction
Longing for that soft protection
Such beauty, could mere mortal sing?
For love and longing it did bring.
It was so pure, I stopped to listen
An angel’s voice, so did I christen
Then with hopes that we may meet
I hurried on with weary feet
So suddenly it filled the air
Pushed from my mind my thoughts and cares
A scent so sweet as of the rose
It laced the wind, enticed my nose
Every tender memory
Floated back and greeted me
Sensations felt with lovers past
Cause unknown and never asked
By now my mind was all at ease
The sound, the smell, my shaky knees
I knew the gift came from above
And as I ran I fell in love
My eyes strained so hard in the dark
I groped along through branches bark
I felt a presence close to me
Oh! How I longed to be with thee!
Her words were distant yet so near
I heard them as they brought me here
Her strongest gift was of the tongue,
And these were all the words she sung
“Traveler, come hence to me!
I will set thine spirit free.
You shall have all my beauty,
Just lay your mind to sleep.
Hurry now, lest I depart
Leaving you with broken heart
Do not keep us far apart
Come further to the deep…”
From where she spoke, I could not look
I cleared my throat, my body shook
And so I answered, in a haze
My heart afire and eyes ablaze
“Lady of the forest now
I seek you but do not know how!
It is dark and I am blind
And chance has treated me not kind!”
As if in answer fire flies
lighted up the midnight skies
Tiny torches brightly burned
Showing me which way to turn
And deeper then so did I go
Toward where I did not really know
But sure I was when I got there
My love would wait: an angel fair
Bloodied, bruised, and clothes all torn
My muscles ached, I grew forlorn
Had my muse forsaken me
To let me search eternally?
Hours past, my legs grew tired
Would I find what I desired?
Perhaps my mind had played a trick?
Perhaps my mind was really sick…
I tried to stop, but what was wrong?
Though I tried my legs walked on
I was a puppet without strings
And then my mind forgot these things
In my head was only bliss
T’was not till now I thought of this
I’d been hers all of that time
Her thoughts and mine so intertwined
Suddenly she met my eyes
The sight proclaimed by trumpet cries
I’ve found her, Goddess of my world
On flower bed she sat there curled
I stood, struck by that lovely sight
And could not move, try as I might
Could only gaze upon her curves
And we both knew, my will was hers
Her skin was soft, and glowed alight
A ray of sun cast in the night
And down her shoulders flowed her hair
Golden locks without one snare
She wore no clothes that I could see
I tried to stay the fire in me
But as I gazed upon her bust
I felt the growing monstrous lust
But still, I waited paralyzed
Captivated…mesmerized
Until she stood and walked toward me
Bit her lip so sensually…
She walked to me with sultry grace
Moonlight framed angelic face
Upon my lips she put one finger
And there she let her presence linger
It was heaven on my tongue
Better than those words she sung
The taste of passion on my lips
Spoke of the promise ‘tween her hips
Her eyes were of the deepest blue
And in that moment I think I knew
For her I would do anything
For all the pleasure she could bring
She circled me, and whispered slow
“Love of mine, you’ve no place to go.”
I listened to her graceful voice
And knew right then I had no choice
I felt her mind enclosing me
My freedom lost so willingly
I was Adam, she the snake
I ate the fruit for her sole sake
She motioned me, with finger hooked
Led me where before I’d looked
Laid me down on flowers bed
And let her words fill up my head
“Traveler, your will is mine.
Do no keep me from your mind.
I take your heart, so I may live.
But what I promised, I will give.”
In my fog her words were heard,
I did not hear what she inferred
Only that my time had come
As my heart beat its rapid drum
She took my clothes off of my skin
And stoked the fire I held within
Naked now, no secrets kept
She licked her lips, I held my breath.
She kissed me hard, our tongues entwined
A pleasure like no other kind
I felt myself slip ever more
To the will of what she’d want it for
She drove me wild with her caress
My fingers stroking her bare breasts
And when I groaned from my desire
She took me in and stole my fire
I gasped in helpless ecstasy
As in rhythm she rode me
She moaned aloud, a wicked grin
As I thrust myself within
Sweat profuse, upon the flowers
The blessed minutes felt like hours
Till the pleasure filled my need
To expel my waiting seed
As climax came upon us then
She leaned down and we kissed again
I realized my sad mistake
It was my soul she meant to take
“The deal fulfilled, I’ll take it now
It never fails to please me how
You people let your body speak
And let your mind become so weak…”
Her beauty turned to frightful sight
Her halo broke and in the night
I saw the truth in the moonlight
A demon who I tried to fight
In fear I yelled to help me God!
Defeat this wretch with Heaven’s Rod!
And when I knew no help was there,
Resigned to fate, I said a prayer
“Now I lay myself to sleep
I pray thee Lord my soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take!”
The demon stopped, withdrew her claws
The prayer had seemed to give her pause
But then she spoke with such disdain
It’s painful to repeat again
“Human, try to reconcile!
Pray while sinning all the while!
He knew your nature, so perverse,
Was He who selected your righteous curse!
What right have you to call on Him?
You’ve plucked the apple from the limb.
For every sin, a punishment
For you this fate is truly meant…”
She smiled then, her fangs she bore
A demon to her very core
I screamed aloud and let out a cry
“Tell me Demon, tell me why!”
“To you man, he gave ten laws
He knew you had so many flaws
And in your deeds you forced his hand
You forsook the promised land…”
She held me down and from me stole
The very essence of my soul
And all the while the beauty shook
With pleasure from the thing she took
So now I wander through this hell
An empty man, a soulless shell
And in these woods you have found me
So heed my words, Turn and flee!
For if the demon should find you
There be not one thing you can do
The worst of all the deadly sins,
She is lust and always wins!
So take with you my dying song
Learn where I have chosen wrong
Learn from this, my last mistake
Learn which path you should not take…