Belladonna

Oh, belladonna, deadly bloom, Potent in your smile, Bold, the dew-drops in your eyes, Bewitching in their guile Blazing with a brazen nerve, Your irises aspire To burn the embers of your fire In flames of our desire – Deal your deadly night of shade Let it, with stealth, conceal Your flower fruited to appeal – A thief set out to steal Dispense your tonic potion, In lethal doses drip Your biting kiss upon our lips – A bite we can't resist Oh, beautiful lady, femme fatale, Seductive in design, Your bite of berry, toxic wine, Is not the glory we divined Your deadly nightshade, deadly guise, Which takes our breath away, Reveals in beauty's masquerade A belladonna that betrays