Alluring echoes
Swindle the mind
In a mantra of trickery
That softened my bind
Or so, I once perceived

The sneak thievery
Of the angelic dark
Seeps into daylight
To gorge upon every spark
Love, a crude and callous blunder

The defilement of slumber
Mangles my heartstrings
Agile atop my despair
Where the wind of malice softly rings
A life well-rotted, and carelessly disposed