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Lilith

 
seeming young her
eyes betray
a thousand years

she plays the role
ordained by heaven
 and men

her one true desire
is the jasmine
scented night--

Lilith, Aphrodite,
Helen of Troy,
and Cleopatra--

identities she's used
in the endless
masquerade

knowing well
the sins of man
her lover only time

but the real pity--
she's never
played herself

living for the day
she can strike
the match

and kindle
the ancient pyre
she built long ago
Written by Heart_of_Stone
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