Adventures through the dark side.

I kept vigil at the edge of a ravenous eternity,

watching you feed without remorse—

how you drained the hearts of the starving,

leaving them hollowed yet still beating.

What once stood as a tower now offers a delicious bow,

a scheming counterfeit pulse laid bare before you,

given like every other feast you chased.

I drew your gluttonous shadow near,

devoured the space between predator and prey,

and let it collapse around us.

You savored the metallic sweetness—

honeyed by the revenge of every lover before me—

relishing what you believed was another conquest.

While you drank deep of your own familiar game,

I gorged on the exquisite unraveling

of a man steeped in practiced anguish.

At last I tasted the tongue

of a man that convinced forever to lie.