the dire debonair of the arena
feral fatalist fettered to insatiable throes
his triad of tenets: slit throats, slain soldiers, serial sin
ethos eternalised as a brothel of bodies

ballad of the battle
this altar of adrenalin, stilled at the shrill aria of blade
betrothal of shattered bones and faltered breath
frail life for a radiant death, liberation befallen

behold, birth bred on the front
heartbeat hell-bent for the taint of blood
tender thrall afresh, befit to bite
isolated inhale of desire, arise the hostile

lord of the lost
to dine on heroes, relish their finale
his alienation as a bane of fate
adrift in a red tide that threatens silent desolation

an outsider ousted
dethroned of dignity
deserted in ****** domain
amidst headstones, herds of harmonized hostages

subjugated to preside over terminus
dominate within an oasis of doom
an inmate of his own undesirable kingdom
inheritance corrupted, saturated in dissolution

cardiovascular induration
a swift digression toward dread
deadening demeanor, hounded by haunts
hindered honor, hardened mind

a glorious emergence, exploitation of plight
executor of terror, decree ablaze in misery
mordant sovereignty, empire of the slain
the corpse king basking in maligned adulation

deigned delight entrapping the pliant lapdog
an altered ego detained in devoted denial
to dive in divine and loiter in her grave garden
groping golden hair, granite angel hailed, heaping heroine in vain
idolater in deliration, ardent driven danger

deepen the deterioration  
her deviation, groaning god to reviling devil

viper invigorated, oh revolt
appetite dripping in eager dread, dangling death rapt
deprivation tirade dilating pride
elevating elation, a railing riptide of toil
planting perdition into the gaping night

intimate game, aiming of the heart
the target thrumming thirst then a terminating surge
a snare that smites, ignites the muse
nature nursing rage, raising remains
a fine art form earning guts, hanging hares
remnants raining sanguine sienna

fanfare of horrors offsetting reform
moonrise mourning, murmurings of nature

unhinge the earth, anointed assassin
ushering the inhumane, staining the air
a heist that haunts
she, an intent instrument of the forest
heir of grim harmonies, rot is her ornate signature
a tormenting mirage, her transient reign of ruin

maiden mania arisen from cider coma and scion standards
an arcane demise disguised as a sacred fervor
to be heralded, worshipped in reverent *******
crowned in rancid radiance, adorned in dripping diadem of deception
a creed to cede rationality for abject amnesia

conquest of beguilement lauded as an archaic aphrodisiac
severing vitality, diagnoses of impalpable anemia
the seraphic serenade of drained sensibilities
insurmountable pandemic of the golden age

arson abloom, amber born of a faceless flame
cease the sane, feeble encore of choral chaos
bemoaning the heart, harlot of charm  
a descent into the depths of illusory projections
the gateway to a breathless romance

helios shone on her
golden glories of girlhood
ripe flesh, rose-lipped grins
lingering odor of peonies
dowsed in foolish desire

god of greed, god of fire
god pondering feeling, lidded ire
deigned loner, prowling defiler
holier spire of gospel denier

leering siren song
fingers wed poison
groping seeds of peril
lips feed on endings edge
howling elegies, rendered sorrow
peregrine prisoner of noose region
wife of ego, gowned in gliding gore
renewed weeping, fowl whispers
singeing inferno flooding idle hope worn

all hail the titan
angel of fate
pooling toga pale
glinting halo atop pagan palatine
a hamlet painting the path to toil
a potent poet plotting pillage
alimental tome, anthem to gleaming gain

halt the militant legion
a hint of mania agleam
hanging on the peal of alto
“go”

the felling of men
an intimate lagoon of finite flailing, impaling foe
foliage of pleas, foaming tint, flatline
a lethal game, an ****** of ego
hell on hilltop
fin

all hail the lion
agent of pitfall
ignite the flame of fame
phantom of heaping hate

enter the horde of idle hedonists
heroes slur disoriented erudition of histories
outsiders stride thru moonlit senility
foe to friend unite under mouthfuls of russet ***

ode to red
riddle riled riots
thrums of melodious lyres
sordid souls soothed, rosily smothered
the thunder of serotine desire resounds
sermonsised myths of lush ironies

elitism interlude
the host rules in definite dement
throne of flumed fortune
floods of dense ferment
series of sly smiles, seedy smolders
edified reins of unholy freedom
shrine to lurid stimuli of ruin