The Tempter

His eyes pierced my soul,
His crooked smile clawed at my heart.
His hatred for life made me weak;
He was like dark chocolate, a decadent need.
He was everything I despised in a partner:
Arrogant, snide, rude, and aggressively mean.
And yet, he was a sight to behold.
His flesh was fervid, but his touch, so cold.
His eyes were knowing and clouded,
He could sense weakness in each soul he intruded.
His disdain for people was attractive, a pull like gravity.
He was the perfect fallen angel:
Scorned, dark, and vengeful.
He beckoned me into the darkness,
Which burrowed so deeply in my heart.
His charm seduced me sneakily as the way of a serpent.
He made me plummet to the black abyss below;
The abyss whose gates read
'Abandon all hope, Ye who enter here.'
He was all I'd ever wanted, the one thing I didn't need.
But the temptation was all too alluring to my greed.
O, temptation has never tasted as sweet.