my love..
dark maiden..
yet fairest muse.
you are The One..
who truly heard
my deepest truth.
you blindly saw
the sacrificial pyre
burning for you
in my heart.
and the aroma
of its smoke
felt oh.. so.. near you.
even from afar.

the heat
I brought upon you
did …

Lord forgive me..
for I have strayed.
If only that you knew..
how many times I prayed.
But all I heard from you
was silence in return.
And so I chose..
To let my wrath
and anger burn.

I chose to turn myself
into a monster..
that not even you …

Red Queen,
Black Queen..
A harlequining
harlot all the same.
But then again..
when did I ever let
a bit of harlotry
get in the way.

All are welcome
in mine Kingdom..
even tax collectors
and whores.
So long as they
bow down to me
with masochistic,
blind devotion..
to …

One man’s
highest priestess..
is another man’s
crimson witch.
How does one
tell the two apart..
Which one is which?

The Church
may grasp at straws
and split at hairs..
But to The Devil
either one
seems just as fair.

When the stakes
are rising
ever-higher..
And The …

ascending
and descending..
the dialogue
of stormy depths
is still unending.

because two hearts
tied by a fateful thread..
continue to maintain
momentum
as they gently tread..
both forth and back,
from earthly comforts
to the infinite unknown.
inter-correlated..
yet, each still anchored
to a body of their own.

what …

As you stare
into The Eye
of highest heavens..
The Eye
of highest heavens
may stare into yours
right back.
But if the highest heavens
suddenly avert their gaze..
Did they forsake you?
Or did they simply find
enough discernment
in themselves..
to see right through
your shadow theater act …

A rich man
shall have greater difficulty
trying to break through
the pearly gates of heaven..
than but a humble camel
trying to fit through
the needle’s eye.
The richest man,
however, barely has to try.

The difference between
the rich and richest man,
however lies..
not merely in …

The Ritual
Part III - The Manifestation

Who stands before The Poet
once The Ritual
is brought to its completion?
Once The Poet payed in full
The Devil’s debt?
Before him stands,
the greatest beauty
of The All..
The one awaiting all of us..
but only at The End.

She …

The Ritual
Part II - The Incantation

As I now speak the words
they whisper in my ear..
the world corporeal,
which I once held
so near and dear..
I vow now to forsake.
So that The Elder Gods
may deem me worthy
to receive The Voice..
The Voice
by means …

The Ritual
Part I - The Highest Priestess

What is The Highest Priestess
known for best?
She is best known
for her most sacred duty..
And her most sacred duty..
is, indeed, to hold the key.
“The key to what?”
I hear you wonder,
so impatiently.

That is a truth
that …