Nefarious

Feel the caustic wickedness
That sallies forth from fiery eyes.
Cage the beast before it flies
To dust the souls of piety.

Demons breathing firebrand
Nefarious in their delight
To capture unsuspecting minds
And bend them into shapes of fear.

Plotting as the village sleeps,
Plodding through the endless night
To land on open windowsills,
Set to pounce before the dawn.

Preying on the innocents
Who fail to recognize their fate,
Who sadly fain to raise their shields,
Never reach to draw their swords.

Praying for a silver knight to
Cleanse the stale and fetid air,
To quell the dread iniquity
And save the maiden fair.

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