Happy Coming Halloween!
Blame Her Not
Can I cast blame for what she eats,
Or that she strolls where sunlight sleeps;
Or blame her that her skin is pale,
Whose lips are glist'ning red as ale?
Am I to cast accusing stares
And judge her not of wheat, but tares;
Or shun her for her blood-lust bent,
This girl whose heart for mine was meant?
I saw her wand'ring in the chill
Amid the fog and murky rill—
And starving, writhing there in pain,
She slipped into the town again ...
Who knows where all that hunger led,
But townsmen found another dead:
A victim's corpse left by the mill,
And yet I cannot blame her still.
About this poem
I have always thought it tragic how, after having been bitten by a vampire, the victim is then subjugated by an irresistible desire for the blood of humans—governed by a new and a dark nature whose urges they are now incapable of suppressing. Yes, it is mythic folklore, but the thought still persists. So sad. That said, happy Halloween ahead ...
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