Deadly Nightshade,
Saturn’s black blossom,
distills delirium into fate.
Its fruit stains the veil
and the path bends.
Ivy seals the circle tight,
around trembling flesh.
In the marrow of a dead star
the leaden flame stirs
silence is the altar, venom the breath.
Cypress rises as an execution oath,
stripping warmth from the living.
Yew bleeds its night poison,
calling the buried to awaken.
Mors regnat ubi lumen fugit.
The Fern reveals the hidden mark
shadow is swallowed,
and the veil fractures.
In tenebris ossa loquuntur.
Black Amaranth crowns the rite.
Breath becomes curse.
Will becomes Saturn.
This is veneficium
This is where even death kneels.
Ivy seals the circle tight,
a serpentine vow around trembling flesh.
Deadly Nightshade,
Saturn’s black blossom,
distills delirium into fate.
Its fruit stains the veil
and the path bends.
Mors regnat ubi lumen fugit.
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