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The Gated Garden
by NancyGene

“Will you come with me, run away with me?”
said a male voice in the warm breeze,
through the lush trees, from the flowers.

I must stay always, on this garden bench,
safe from danger, far from strangers.
I don’t know you, I can’t see you.

“You could leave with me, none can bar you from
a life far from this confined world.
You are wilting, in seclusion.”

Do you know of me, why I live this way?
I will kill you if we leave here.
I have done this; mourned my victims. 

I am forged of ash, in ungodliness.
You are thinking I’m a beauty
but I’m beastly, I’ll destroy you.

“I would take the risk, don’t deny me thus.
We’ll be cautious in our travels,
I will love you, you won’t hurt me.”

I did try to warn, I’ve a conscience,
but he’s gone now--men are foolish.
I am Lilith’s seed, in her garden grown.