The mercury light of the streetlamp
Tints orange the images of my mind,
Its beam so strong against the night
So feeble against the darkness.

I remember the things which bring me pain;
So fast thoughts which bring joy fade.
Yet with the onslaught of time
More vivid are those of grief and guilt.

Fingers of the past clawing forward
To tighten their grip
On the mind which gave them birth.

Tethers of shame
Shrouding ever thicker
The heart of their gestation.

"No more!"

September 21, 2007 (Chimes / Matt Decker) -- Bat spit is a hot commodity in science circles these days. An enzyme known as Desmoteplase has been found in the saliva of vampire bats, according to the Science Daily. This enzyme is known to be a naturally occurring, clot-dissolving agent.

April 5, 2007 (nbc30.com / MANCHESTER, Conn.) -- Manchester police have charged a 21-year-old man after they said he scratched a girl’s face with his fingernail to show her that he was a vampire.

*waking in the room, Saraphine knows that she is in the Black Raven Inn. Not knowing nor remembering how she got there, she is still very groggy and can't see very well, she can make out a figure standing over her*

"Hello? Who are you and where am I?" She manages to stammer before falling back asleep.

Saraphine Anura
14 May 2001

January 22, 2008 (Mirror.co.uk / Jeremy Armstrong) -- A crazed son who stabbed his parents and then drank his stepfather's blood was locked up in a secure hospital yesterday. Thomas Owen, 28, thought he had to kill Joe and Sheena Foster to prevent the murder of a little girl, a court heard.