He caved eventually
gave in to her nagging
left his wife, his children,
mistook her naked willingness
for love, a signal of commitment –
it was not – she would not package
her feelings into a domestic box
had no intentions of ever after
clothed her vulnerability in sex
as treacherous as Eve’s serpent
she seduced him, and once ensnared
spit him out with venomous joy
watched him squirm with regrets
his life shattered, heart ravaged
unable to break away, even as
she courted her next victim
twisting her bladed hold on him
he remained, convinced
he somehow deserved this –
had penance to pay, vowed to
make it up to her, could not
shake the depth of his desire
sacrificed himself wittingly
to her insatiable blood lust.
