virgin whore

stilleto heels  
tattoo: a rose in thorns  
on her mons  
she makes a statement  
 
but the memory burned  
10 years earlier  
in an alley  
raped. beaten. abandoned  
a child. sixteen  
 
yet she denied the Reaper  
she gathered her spirit  
& repaired her body  
she accepted her  
fate.  hate  
 
she assimilated  
plied her trade  
oral. vaginal. anal  
in the alleys  
for coins  
she was mistress  
of distress  
 
they named her  
proclaimed her  
virgin whore  
 
she rose  
like phoenix flames  
penthouse goddess  
men brought gold  
diamonds. sapphires  
 
she was debauchery's darling  
& decorum's deviant  
saboteur of the soul  
& fire in the hole  
 
then you came.  
came for the carnal carnival  
she knew you. she drew you  
rapist. ravisher  
violator of virgins  
life-taker  
 
you came for the sex  
she had other plans  
she approached from behind  
your throat. naked. white  
 
her blade was quick  
the cut, deep. her vengeance, complete  
 
your dying eyes watched her  
drive the knife  
into her flesh  
(she smiled as she died)  
she falls across you  
a wall of black  
2 souls: the Reaper's harvest  
 
10 stolen years  
virgin whore