©2022 Michael Raven

i am ravenborn
a wayfarer
come home
to the queens'
vicious embrace
her tearing into
my heart darkened
w/blood throbbing
in her fist
offered feast
to the blackwings
turning skies
night

summoned i 
return underworld
to be taken inside
her, embraced &
rejoined
a blood kiss
black against my
cheek