she had raven's wing hair
and amethyst eyes
and birds' wings black as pitch,
a shirt the color of a moonless midnight,
a necklace of clear white dewdrop diamonds,
a cloak of purple like a burning flame
a skirt like charred leaves in a rain,
skin the color of porcelain,
gloves as black as shadows painted in,
with rings of rubies, red as raspberries
twined between thorns and poison ivy,
earrings like the fire in a dragon's eye
shoes the color of a twilight sky,
lips the color of a bead of blood,
teeth as white as the moon
reflected in a flood,
and a voice as soft as a whisper of wind
to wash round the door and be invited in.
by Sara n. b.
