These lines depicted an intense and dark vision of death in quite a captivating way. This would be an excellent start to a short novel or short story, and could lead to a perfect description of a villian. To live without a soul, death would indeed be preferred. Overall great piece!
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
If you tend to believe romantic, passionate, masculine poetry is a thing of past eras, read "She Intrigues Me," and be swept away in the beautiful craft of a contemporary poet of love.