angel cold and bare

Eden's scent stains her nostrils
palms recall holding fiery sword
when charged the sacred claim
to guard garden's tree of life.

Listened to serpent's whispers
obedience flame smoldering
heaven's vision grows dim
dropped weapon along with inner light.

Succubus throngs entice with whispers
wings droop, cool from gold to ashen,
darkness laces its veil over her essence,
pillars of God vanish from memory.

Ethereal membrane once full of warmth
shreds into evil's black icy shroud
grasp lost on eons where purity's fruit
bore its celestial ambrosia among the stars.

Forever slain in her cherub charms
cursed to dwell as conscience's assassin,
mortals once loved, source of deepest despise
she sees now with deception's plotting eyes.