The Fate of the Seductress
O' what wondrous visions doth this lovely woman dream
such wicked display of wanton perversion theme
She fancies a flirtatious rendezvous with immortal, untouchable death
but doth her soul ready herself to take that final trembling breath?
O' what wondrous visions doth this mortal thing weave
such flights of passion that bereft conscious leave
She tempts her end as the seductress doth pursue
in her base lust for destruction her damnation will embue
O' what wondrous visions doth this acursed mortal create
such pity is a thing that wishes with Death to consort and mate
She revels in her resplendent ravishment as her spirit wans
her body shudders upon her deathbed in final quaking pains
O' how callous and unwise was she to love the shadowed shade
with the wanton demons her lavished bed is now made
She tempted the fates with her fleshly spoils
and in the end her soul withers from the candle, shuns the light, and recoils.
Copyright © John Allen | Year Posted 2006
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