Six Twenty-Three
The Forbidden it is But lustrously sleek, seductive Intellectually fascinating It caught my fancy The Shapeshifter it is Takes a thousand form Morphs into a million silhouettes It conned me Ecstasy it is Transient Instantly gratifies It hooked me The Octopus it is Tentacles everywhere Grabs the unaware It trapped me The Eel it is Slippery Eludes capture It escaped me The Cat it is, Lives nine lives Circumvents annihilation It defied me Cancer it is Ultimate cannibal feasts on good flesh Festers malignantly It killed me Hell it is Infernal lake of guilt And finger-biting It burned me Fountain, the Other is From holy veins Crimson-colored Now I’m unraveled and back to life.