the faustian alchemist

there among the broken columns

mutilated sculptures

deep under the marble demons

desolated charnels

i found her entombed

all withered and hardened

veiled maiden of halcyon days

sleeping in her golden shrine

all shall love her and despair. all shall kneel before her throne. i drown in her eyes

i weep before her grace

the monarch of the moon and stars

the queen of nighttime realm

i brought her into my chamber

wreathed her in hexes

anointed with milk and balms

bathed her in blood of oxen

i sacrifice my servants

immolate in furnace

cast my dearest ones in fire

relinquish my accursed soul

i drown in her eyes

i weep before her grace

the monarch of the moon and stars

the queen of nighttime realm

and she will rise before me

now in her restored might

the devastating glory

the all-beholding eyes

the touch of divine fingers

eats deep into my flesh

one searing kiss of serpent

before the blackness falls

i drown in her eyes

i weep before her grace