A/N:

This is a poem based on the dark deal scene between Marik and Bakura, from the Battle City Arc.

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Milk and Honey, Blood and Gold

In the shadows

Two souls merge as one

In a deal so dark and sinister

Even the Pharaoh himself would shudder

Voices hushed

The boasting seeps down

Into the very core of their essence

Their souls, their being

Boiling with hot anger

Gold demands the shed blood,

The striking down of Good

And the Treasure of the Gods

Milk, leering in the gloom

Returns the hatred and wanting

Longing, lust for destruction

And the demise of all who fight

Same blood, same hate

The wish is exact

But trust or betrayal

Must be weighed

A bargain, a trade

A deal in darkness agreed

Signed in lust

Signed in blood

The dark red life flowing

Spilling forth onto the ground as tribute

The white silk stained crimson

Wickedness begets wickedness

Evil for evil

Blood for blood

The one who longs for power is pleased

As the one who shall receive what is due

A deal made in darkness

A bond made in sin

The shadows shall spread

And the Pharaoh shall die

Out from the shadows, Honey

Glowing with sweet innocence and light

Carries the bloodstained silk to the sea

The souls of Good take heed

Feigned innocence and beauty

The hearts of Good shall never see

The darkness of this

For the deal was made

Death to the light

Death to the Pharaoh

Destruction to the world

The dark power attained

See now, oh world,

Those who shall bring demise