Random Ramblings

Inheritance

She knows not why the wilderness calls
with groaning limb and rustled husk
voices murmur on wafting gusts
luring feet through trees at dusk

No beastly growls or distant howls
strike her heart with fearful doubt
even the grasping branches fail
to slow the girl upon her route.

Pajamas, her silken armor,
sight keener than a blade.
Boldly, she treads into the dark
and treacherous forest glade.

Something within her whispers
leaves tumble in spiral whirs
air grows thick with strange magic
Arcane blood bubbles and stirs

She clutches a squirming bundle
sibling of flesh and bone
swiftly the girl lifts that babe
and dashes brains against a stone.

You've done so well, dear child
turning innocents into paste
Spread it over your nubile form
and leave no scrap to waste.

Feel the power inside your veins,
savor each new spasm and twitch
at last you inherit my ancient curse
birthing a great and terrible witch.