As I beheld her wicked smile
my thoughts occupied
with her wits, tricks, wiles and guile
I could not help but notice
her bosom beneath the bodice

Her bodice barely tied
I was distracted but I tried
to focus on the danger her promises implied
All attempts were in vain
as I saw her pulsing vein

That vein upon her chest
faintly beating, like her heart beneath the breast
and I had to close my eyes as I realised this
was a test
a test of my integrity
a test to see

see that beast within released
the thirst slaked, the hunter pleased
the preys heart in crimson claws seized
So I averted my hungry eyes
and left her, her eyes wide in suprise

Suprised that I could walk away
but I must not, cannot, will not sway
will not waver , not one minute, not this day
I will walk my road alone
until all that´s left is bone

Bone and ashes before the sun
when it rises, I will be gone
I long for it, I do not walk, I run
towards that winter sunrise
the last I will see
with my velvet eyes