The Animal of Sin

The sun sank on the transit by and by Took away the colors of the chameleon sky, The masked face of clever craft on display Enticed me to walk on the dark garden pathway. The fluid dreams the sinister night sips I didn’t hear the footfall of evil as it creeps The devious intent prowled to devour As the facade dissolved in the dark hour. In the desolate domain of fright feral On the gloomy ground under the sky dismal You crept as the creature of sordid night The haunting me you stalked out of sight. You slithered from wilderness as nightrider Unmasked, you morphed into a brute creature On the hunt the unsuspecting predator keen You lurked as the sinister sly animal of sin. With the arcane acumen of the trickster devil You crawled as squalid silhouette of menace evil Stealthily into my being ingesting the essence prime Consumed from my soul the ambrosia sublime. _____________ March 29, 2023 For A Brian Strand Premiere No 1204