A Wigwam for a Goose's Bridle

When I said
I wanted to play a warlock,
I meant in DND,
and the operative word was play
fictional
fantasy
finite
Of course she didn’t realise
what she was getting herself into.
Her patron seemed a saviour
(she conveniently forgot that old adage
about things that seem too good to be true)
delivering her from certain solitude.
All she wanted was 
to stop believing herself unworthy of love;
and she had so much love to give
that his bargains didn’t even appear
to require sacrifice.
far realms
fiendish flames
forbidden lore
fathomless phantasms
She did not calculate
the cost of this pact.
She’d asked to delve
into secret knowledge,
unaware that the fabric of her heart
would unravel
as he picked at her threads
for his own purposes.
Remember, child, take care
making covenants in the feywild.