Midnight Demon

Pale skin as soft and supple as silk,
Mischievous grin, flashing teeth as white as milk,
Jet-black hair that would be Apollo’s envy,
Dark blue eyes that glint with subtle secrecy,
Rippling flesh ever burning with feverish heat,
A smile as bewitching as his venom is sweet,
Enticing of looks and decrepit of soul,
Charisma enhanced by the lives he stole,
A poisonous flower, a rose with a thorn,
The pitch-black hour before the scarlet dawn,
A serpent with jewel-encrusted scales,
The heartbreaker with a hundred wicked tales,
Of all the people you choose to trust,
Never give your heart to this incubus.