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Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Fantasy · #1140637
title says it all, really
A kiss is nothing to my bite
Flesh pierced within by ivory fang
Such ecstasy to lose all sense of time
Slipping silently into the embrace of death
Panic fading away into peace
As I wipe my face clean of their blood

I see the corpse, fresh with marks of fang
And I stop, losing all sense of time
There is another one, dealing death
I will hunt them, till then no peace
Redden the buildings with their blood
My territory, my home, my prey to bite

I hunt long, but I care not for time
Never to me will time bring death
I pause to feed, but still no peace
I have not found that which steals my blood
That other who openly leaves their bite
A vampire challenge, like flashing fang

But now I feel this hunt may bring my death
For the other is clever, never disturbs the peace
Leaves no trace, not struggle nor blood
Hiding every mark of his bite
I wonder- why has he not come to face my fangs?
Is he coward, does he bide his time?

I return to my den, seeking peace
Heavy and sated with thick red blood
Four corpses scattered bearing my bite
So now I tonight need no more my fangs
I look forwards to the day, respite for a time
A calm haven from bloody death

As I sleep, in steals the other, hungry for blood
I lie, neck bared, ready to bite
He takes the chance, into my neck sinking his fangs
We remain locked together for too long a time
As my vision dims, I know now death
He goes forth, to his new territory, I lie in peace

As the vampire bites, sinking his fangs
For all of time linked to all others in blood
As he gave me peace, one day another will drink his blood
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