Stoneheart's Sonnet

"She wailed, and leaning back her neck breathed Hypnos who walks with Thanatos; for verily it was ordained that both should have all things in common and pursue the works of the elder brother: hence women, weighed down with sorrowing eyes, oft-times, while they weep, fall asleep." -- Colluthus, Rape of Helen 365ff

If purity by name is my own right,
then hearken to my hatred. O pure blade
by which my life-blood spilt -- behold the night,
behold the ranks of angry men arrayed
sans banners, leave your honor and your crowns
to kings and prideful men, I have no use
for fortresses or moats, I need no towns;
I shall not plow the fields, I make no ruse
of normal life, I walk not in that land;
I tread The Stranger's way, this herald cries
for vengeance! Lordly oaths aren't writ in sand
for men of evil temperament to spite.

With Death, my second spouse, I keep my first,
a brand upon my heart; he feeds my thirst.