Bluebeard

She should have feared Bluebeard
And his dark conniving soul
When he stripped her of self knowledge
And sought power and control

She should have feared Bluebeard
Drug dealer of psychic highs
When he snuffed her intuition
And fed her naivete with lies

She should have feared Bluebeard
When he promised a fantasy
Peddling a false sense of freedom
And giving her a bloody key

She should have feared Bluebeard
And his predatory mind
When he forbid her curiousity
And tried to keep her psyche blind

She should have feared Bluebeard
But her alarm system was down
And broken locks could not keep her
From the carnage that she found

She should have feared Bluebeard
But only knew upon death's door
To trust her deepest impulses
​And to deny herself no more