Gatekeeper

Send in your petulant dog
Sullen, sworn and suffering
Deference, an end in itself
Solemn, servile and sacred

"You are ruin made flesh"

Groans, guttural
Maws, gnashing

"And I shall be yours in turn"

Grotesque, garish and gruesome

Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper

"So why hast thou a key, oh vagrant?
See thy lock doth grant passage"

Haggard, harrowed and haunted
Draw blood, lest death make resolution

No hearth, home or haven
Grotesque, garish and gruesome
Haggard, harrowed and haunted