Lovers & Monsters (Poetry)

Who is the finer person
who is the soul untouched
the one who showed no mercy
or cared not overmuch?

Who’s the bitter rival
the liar or the spy
who sacrificed their body
and cursed an empty sky?

I’ve heard the song of nowhere
and flinched before the hate
gargoyles guard the rooftop
strangers haunt the gate

Old lovers morph to monsters
these days just trickle through
Death hunkers down and waits his turn
and no one’s dreaming true