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The Dark Lord’s Bride
by Marge Simon
Daughter of the earth, she chose springtime,
formed her gown from dogwood ivory blooms,
with shining pearls of honeysuckle dew,
bound her loamshade tresses with breath of babes unborn.
Then came the guests who craved her more
than ever I’d imagined.
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To the movement of her voice they came,
as I, the Dark Lord’s host, remained
by choice a shadow in her glow,
drinking with the wedding crowd a toast
to what she was and what she shall become:
the perfect slave, bowing to his ways.
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Fiction © Copyright Marge Simon
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
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