From the Jewish letters (lettres juives), letter 137 -- We have just had in this part of Hungary a scene of vampirism, which is duly attested by two officers of the tribunal of Belgrade, who went down to the places specified, and by an officer of the emperor's troops at Graditz, who was an ocular witness of the proceedings.

As I lay in the velvet night
He came to me...
He showed me what seduction is
He showed me how to be free

He kissed me softly on the neck
Sent shivers down my spine
And as he let the beast take over
He said, "Now Dear you shall be mine."

He pierced the skin and drank from me
As fear dawned in my eyes
As Pain soon turned to pleasure
The passion dimmed my cries

I woke again with the hunger in me
My heartbeat like a drum
I drank from him and knew the future
I understood at last,

*She held him in her eyes, every word drifting into her mind like a song. A tragic lonely song.* His voice, "You know, I've told you the truth, you know his intentions, yet you seem paralyzed to break free from his hold on you. *holding her face in his rough but gentle hand and wiping a cheek with his finger* I have to let you go, it kills me to see you sacrifice yourself to that monster, but it's out of my hands...."

I tremble with desire
From the storm and the night
Vanishing in passion's flames
At the coming of light
For the darkness conceals
The dance of the soul
Swirling and writhing
Within hunger's control

Gripped with the knowledge
That what exists for me
Can only be found
In the depths of ecstasy

Storm Spirit
March 21, 2002

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