Toxic Angel

Perfection's twist

of a cold-hearted Angel

Lucid shields to dodge temptation's retributions

She slow dances around misfortune

begging misery to come her way

Her own catalyst for gravity

to pull her down to Hell

Pores of reality

give glimpses of her soul's decay

Cotton candy flavored blood

from a burnished steel heart

and misguided attempts

to heal her tattered wings

but withered feathers

add such a weight

that Flying is but a misty memory

of a perfect, gracious Demon

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I rather like this one...the vocabulary and imagery I think is better than my others...based on a picture of a woman dressed like a prostitute, sitting on the edge of a bed with a sad look in her eye and magnificent angel's wings...

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