I closed my eyes, I saw you there, smiling. You beckoned me to you. A hand reached out for mine... at first I thought my hand would pass through yours leaving nothing but a chill. Except this time, I clasped your hand. Your warm fingers wrapped around mine gently. For an intoxicating moment we posed in dance, your hands protecting mine, sealed with a kiss. A loosened grip fills me with dread, not wanting to let go... I don't want you to vanish. Arms pull quickly to embrace, rescuing me from the swelling void clawing at my ankles. Rose shade cheek pulses with your every heartbeat, beating into the sweetest lullaby, safe. Palms trace down spine until entwined to pull tight chest to breast. So safe. Scent soothing any knowledge of the terror creeping around. Moments seem like lifetimes until the demon takes hold.
Which demon strikes first?
Painted red roses pattern beastly claws, as the picture pools and drips into obscurity. Can't breath... my heart isn't beating in my chest, it is gone. Can't move. Fingernails cracked decorated in violet repel, attached to petrified groping hands, empty, broken. Covered in hypocrisy and greed. A shadow-master puppets body into mocking ecstasy arch... limits reached, bones made of heaviest steel are forced pushed into resting stance suddenly... As the master repeats the movement in painful rhythmic heartbeat. Ruby showers, humming tunes of betrayal and deceit.
I hear your voice. Are you laughing?
Soul sketches my body like fluid liquid womb... vibrant glow slowly fades. Ripples attached to the threads of existence being pulled by raging tailor. Can't move. Tears masked by scarlet dew infuse into sea of garnet. So cold. Heart beating in unreachable darkness...
Wake... screaming... cold sweat...
Alone.
