The widow

by Grant Gilbert AKA Slash   Feb 18, 2009


The widow

Eyes as black as a hole in space
Blood red hourglass on carapace
Her mate lays dying as she plays
Death is just a heartbeat away

Black and dark she moves with ease
She spins her web with which to tease
Invoking terror on my study door
She eats her prey then looks for more

Her kids are like the spawn from hell
Their dripping venom rings a bell
Gleaming fangs bared to strike
Juicy prey crawls into sight

Widowed once more she sets her snare
In search of a mate with which to pair
When she meets him face to face
She'll hold him tight in deaths embrace

Watching the light fade from his eyes
Breathing her bitter sweet but deadly sigh
She cannot help it, she was born to roam
Destined by fate, to always be alone

Ps: this was a challenge from A Porcelaine Heart

Grant
02h11
16.02.2009
Copyright © 2009 G.M.Gilbert

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  • 15 years ago

    by Ben

    Great job on the poem. I enjoyed the point of view you had on the spider. Nice job, mate. 5/5

  • 15 years ago

    by Sylvia

    Dark and scary. You must have ESP, I have been thinking about Black Widow Spiders this past week. Your images are right on about this creature. In a way it is a love poem in that the male will do anything for this female even if the end result is death. Excellent job. 5/5

  • 15 years ago

    by Cara

    What a fabulous response to Porcys challenge :]
    I loved it, it was quite dark i thought and before reading this i had no idea what a widow spider was, or did. Thats horrible! Wow. Scary stuff.

    hehe and you even managed to get my name in here!

    Blood red hourglass on carapace
    ^^
    Hehe :]

    It was really well written Grant, the flow, the imagery, everything just added up really well for this piece of poetry.
    5/5

  • 15 years ago

    by Ingrid

    Hi Grant,

    I know about the black widow spider, she eats her partner after copulation. Really disgusting that is.
    You made a good poem about it, could even have posted it in the dark section, I think.
    I would love to see you write a love poem again because that is what you do best, my sweet friend:)

    *hugs*

    5/5 Ingrid

  • 15 years ago

    by The Prince

    There's some great imagery in here my friend, some awesome flow that you've got consistently flowing throughout. It's quite dark too, and it allowed the poem to read better, because it suited the atmosphere. The only thing I suggest that in the last stanza, there is a lot of 'she'.
    But thats only one thing I noticed. Another great write from you.

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