Lady Lucifera

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When the autumn moon blooms
under a witchy heathen rune, 
& dreams seep into reality,
The stratosphere of spectres
open a portal into Earth, 
ripping the aether asunder.

As the barriers between  
the nine realms wear thin,
& the spirits start slipping under, 
Lovers who once swore 
“Till death do us part” 
elope once more into the yonder.


My lady appeared 
as a lucid apparition 
veiled in a seraphic,
gossamer gown;
A statuesque vision,
as magnificent as mountains,
with eyes of a 
bloodthirsty hound. 

With trembling hands,
she floated towards me,
her serpentine silk 
caressing the floor;
The wooden boards creaked 
beneath her bony feet 
as she whispered
an ancient, Delphic lore. 


Her name was Lucifera, 
lovely & lithesome,
as fair & white as sin;
In the name of Lilith
she possessed my body,
& dug her claws into my skin. 

Lady Lucifera
recited a primordial chant,
serenading me sweetly 
with her serpentine tongue;
She fed me the forbidden fruit
revealing Hadean truths,
pouring molten inferno  
into my lungs.  


Seven years ago,
she turned her back,
& faded from my sight;
Last night she visited 
in my sleep once more,
& told me to meet her 
by the seaside.

Ensnared in the abyss 
between life & death 
when the bridge ferrying spirits  
collapsed at dawn,
She clawed her way out  
with the gnashing of teeth,
& was waiting for me 
all along. 




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