Persuveus

Persuveus Part Three (MichaelTyger)

Persuveus Part Three

Red was the light

in the eastern sky

at the dusk of the junction

that was drawing nigh

There fell the angel

to the door at the zoo

as my own life waned

and was nearly through

Yet some grand scheme

found me in her eyes

The vessel to fill

and a power to rise

If ever a nemesis

extinction could find

That honor distinguished

would now be mine

The four-footed body

stretching to stand

Tail to spine

and paws to hands

Stripes on the lumbar

alone would remain

Face of the enemy

was now my shame

Yet disguised as a man

I had power to hide.

And on two legs

their terror would stride