Iridescent scales cover
   the bare back of thy love.
Trampled dreams lie between
   my lover's claws.
Long, black talons
   continue to search.
Crumpled bones make up
   my bed.
Fire glazes at my
   fingertips.
Licking it clean of my
   unearthly skin.
Blood-curdling screams
   would not be heard.
For I am at ease, one with
   this wretched happiness.
My sword is beside me, withdrawn
   broken and forgotten.