Eyes of A Villain

I lapse into eyes of a villain, but

flames have licked my crimes clean.

I salute the world crumbling

strutting in boots which own your soul.

I climb the stairs of your rib cage

hurtling feelings into chaos as I go.

I save and take lives with embroidered drops

of sanguine glory through arteries laid bare.

I decorate your core with little packages

of farewell echoes as you beg for my return.

Absconding with your joy, staking 

my spikes in your yearning heart,

my snake-like charm surges venom

through your throbbing veins

as I vine around your body, strangling

your life blood in thready breaths.

You envision being the villain but

you can't take my place  if you

are the willing victim laid bare

on a tableau of supplication.

Your illusions evaporate as I

reclaim my role as villain,

pounding my chest in victory

knowing I have reduced you

to nothingness to be used

and left as forlorn puddle

naked on the ground.