Temptation

She is coiled ‘round my being’s roots,
Her venom seeps into my veins.
Farewell to my imagination’s reigns;
I sold all to eat this poisoned fruit.

She took an iron, cast in my molten blood,
And branded all my dreams;
I ebb endlessly in timeless streams
And slowly sink without a thud.

Micah Veillon

Micah Paul Veillon is a writer from Rome, Georgia. He is a recent graduate from Georgia Tech where he studied history, sociology, and philosophy. He is a poet in residence at VoegelinView and his writing has been published in The American Conservative, The European Conservative, and Moonshine & Magnolias, among other publications.