The embrace of the shadows woke me up
It was midnight, and I had fallen deep into the ocean of dreams
Crimson roses had blossomed around me
I was wandering in the luscious garden of lust
I had become a creature of the darkness
I was the bride of an incubus who chased me in my nightmares
He visited me every eternal night
Draining me of my blood and soul
My supernatural existence was entwined with decay and grief
While my demon claimed me as his devoted servant
Mesmerised by his enchantment
I let him bind me in chains
His poisonous kisses intoxicated me
I felt bewitched and hypnotised by his presence
He followed me wherever I went
Taking the form of a magnificent crow
I was crying blood while a crown of red roses and thorns was resting upon my hair
A symbol of my enduring anguish that I cherished with devotion
My heart was pierced by daggers of passion and torment
I was bound eternally to my divine master
I was obsessively enslaved by fervour and pain
I found endless delight in every pang he inflicted
For each bleeding wound, I felt an ecstatic pleasure
The chains around my body made me feel free
In the embrace of the shadows
I had become a creature of the darkness
My dark wings carried me, enticed by the lullabies of nightfall
Following my beloved ghoul in the wilderness of darkness and oblivion
I was merrily doomed and I sank deeper into the abyss of forbidden desires
Conscious I was not anymore and my senses overwhelmed my mind
I was the darkness, the shadows and the abyss of oblivion
My dark sovereign had taken complete possession of me
And I felt a blissful euphoria inside myself
We were the same creatures
Made of lust, grief, and ecstatic decay.
Elisabetta
