Vampires may look beautiful on the outside...but they'll suck the life right out of you if you aren't careful.

Once worth diamonds
now only worth the time it takes to escape from

oh the lie that lies inside
an antique frame
that moonlit mirror
watching prideful eyes
waver
between bloody hunger
vanity
and whispered confession

soon the night will walk
in deadly cadence
wearing a designer suit
and matching cufflinks
charming at the Halloween party
waiting like a gentleman
stealing kisses in an alley
leaving corpses staring
at the morning papers
and their terror
as stolen lifeblood
moisturizes
his now tender skin
fully beautiful
normal again