From the Darkness someone calls out,
Just to know what this life is all about,
I see the faint outline of someone walking on the shore,
Sometimes I catch sequences of dreams, oh to remember more.

I Swam towards that fading light,
If I had but know that was to be my plight,
"You should stay safe within this place,
You'll be better off this way" said the Handsome Face.

Is it any wonder I'm still here,
in this place full of fear?
Escape at this juncture would be futile,

I surrendered to you,

my heart,

my love,

my soul.

You took it all,

greedily,

without remorse,

without a thought.

I gave you everything,

my time,

my dreams,

eternity.

I wanted forever

in your arms.

You gave me naught

but pain.

I wanted love and

you gave me hate.

Scattered rose petals on silky sheets
Your fingers dancing tortuously over my skin
Sensuous droplets of sweat
beaded on our bodies like honey
My teeth graze your wrist
The temptation to draw blood palpable
The air perfumed with our desire
Wanting and needing combined
My victim as my lover
My vulnerability becomes your strength
You push me to the edge
With a seductive smile on your face
You enjoy the torture as well as I
My fangs throb, my heart beats erratically
I give in, sink into you

To live, to die, to rise again

Like a corpse with a Christ Compex: born again with immortal blood, setting loose upon the world a killer, a thief of life

Keeping the coffin builders busy

Am I beyond redemption? Beyond forgiveness?

Yes, I am, for I love what I do. Drinking from the Scarlet river, holding the power of life and death

I want more, always more.

An occational twinge of guilt, quickly lost in the heat of the kill.

Repress the urge to jump to the hightest point and shout with all my might

In America today, we are surrounded by borrowed images. People from all over the world flock here, and bring with them a background of cultures and beliefs, filled with imagery reflecting those ideas. Often times, these elements take on a life of there own in the cauldron known as the American "melting pot," and through interaction with their new surroundings, evolve into something quite different from their original form, becoming an integral part of our culture.