Once upon a dream

Half awake - half asleep, torn between the dragons and the deep
Racing moments, fleeting thoughts, shattered fragments of what never was

"Step into my web" said the spider to the fly
"No" said I, "I would fly but you would have me still!"
"Not at all" she replied, "I so declare I positively never will"

So I stepped on her web and got stuck as a fly, never soaring, never free nor again flying high

"Why?" said I, "you promised I would live!!"
"Alas" she said, "I am a spider and I can but offer you what all spiders give"

Her fangs pierced my arm as I pondered all this, her eyes full of sadness yet clouded with bliss
I awoke with a sigh - still alive, wide awake
While etched on my arms were the marks of a snake

Lullaby

Spanking doth soothe the savage she
The sound of your cries doth comfort me
As one by one your tears like rain
The deepest love is laced with pain

Soothing the sound that silence breaks
Strongest the will as your body aches
As one the two that still remain
The deepest lust is laced with pain

Born in the shadows the reddest rose
Out in the fields where enjoyment grows
Collapsed in a heap but half insane
The deepest trust is laced with pain

Uncomfortable truths

Honesty without kindness is cruelty
Strength without love is but a lie
Poor is the man with no emotions
Some tears are forged for you to cry

Manifest

To lay you down upon my lap
Caress your naked thighs
Playfully your arms entwine
A devil in disguise

Something old yet ever young
The hunger in your eyes
To feel the softness as you shine
A sun about to rise