They came by Nightfall, the clusters of eight everwatching eyes As the canopy sleeps, unbeknownst to me, chelicerae seek their prize Grappling tethers confined us Webbed chains now conjoined us Myotoxins enfeebled us A darkened world of Silken webs descending from this Arachnid majesty A kingdom found in the woods, this nightmarish truth Arachnocratic Assemblage Unhallowed structure, maintain distance, 'lest you're entangled in your grave What spiteful God would create such things? Eight eyes are watching, but none are his Colossal frame of their Matriarch Bloodletted husks of those who came before Repugnant ichor oozing from their sores Vassals, unhatched, sit nurtured Silken webs descending from Arachnid majesty A kingdom found in the woods, this nightmarish truth Arachnocratic Assemblage Unhallowed structure, maintain distance, 'lest you're entangled in your grave What spiteful God would create such things? Eight eyes are watching, but none are his Unflinching victims, their sustenance drained Putrid lesions, necrotizing flesh inflamed Gripped by fear, gripped by a paralytic cacophony; a venomous cocktail Slowly, the circulation of sheer rot I feel myself corroding Insurmountable dread rising with my proximity to her fangs Why? Why am I able to think? Why am I able to process each limb My capillaries now transporting this viscous sludge She won't let me die? I'm to feed those unborn No, she won't let me die yet