Soulless

Look into the maw

gleaming blackness

shrouding your fear.

See the ghost gliding

walking forward

silent feet.

Faces flash

one after the other

nightmares of your past.

Open your mouth to scream

to denounce the burden

when it jumps.

On your back

blinking

the ghost

nay a demon true

hunkers on your chest

and inhales.

Long deep breath

feel a shifting

a tear at your heart.

Lone crystal

trickles down curved cheek

as the soulless

devours your soul

alive for a brief moment

leaving you dead within.

Jay-lyn Doerksen

July 10/18

Siren

Sweet seductress

dancing across the stars

hips swaying

fingers snapping

head back

hair brushing the floor

your lips move in silent song.

I am lost in your visage

unable to tear my eyes

from the lithe form

that is swaying

hearing no music

but a heart beat.

Half lidded eyes

desire studded lips

you are a Siren

reeling me in.

Enticing

woman of stars

of reckless abandon

caught in your web

never to part.

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