pandora

from the cage of clouded judgement
of darkened eyes
where golden cobwebs reside
in the tear ducts of a chariot's horse
the flow of salt waivers and melts in a sea of extortion and sweat
the box a crypt of dead stars where shadows
shape and shroud the light of a newborn day
there is no leaving this place
only escape to the jaws of impurity
from the heart of a stronghold
archer's flame to a dragon's lair
may he bow in defeat
dark and sweet.