Unforeseen

Like a craving it struck hard and fast
Engulfed in his presence, I groaned
He was both pain and pleasure
Taunting me while he saved me

The cruelty of his eyes bit through me
Slicing to my core
Even as I stared hungrily at him
He was poison, I knew this, I felt it
But I drew closer anyway

He stared at me with such hatred
It both shocked and aroused me
His touch lingered on my arm
Gentle...and I realized he hated himself too
I was the problem, the solution, the complication

Neither of us liked the other
But we needed each other
Like fire needs air
We clung greedily together
Even while shoving the other away

We could not exist together, nor apart
Our hearts the same yet opposite
Freaks of nature...destined and denied
Yearning sears me still and I burn
Just as I know he is

Aberration

It came to her
Like a sigh in the night
A gentle caress - almost...imaginary
Whispering along her skin
It curled lovingly, holding her in its embrace
Separating her from all that she had known

She felt safe, comforted, complete
It was home, it was life
It gave her purpose again
Like an innocent child
It slipped into her heart
Blinding her from its true intent

It changed then, slowly, before her eyes
In horror she watched it transform
The light blotted out in darkness
Extinguished by something more vile
A feeling she denied for so long, a hidden secret
It laughed mockingly, twisting her with its eyes
The sweetness she had seen melted into a putrid mass
Clutching her sickeningly in its grasp

She gasped, fighting, struggling
Denying what she knew to be true
This aberration had come from within her
It leered and cajoled, it mocked while it defiled
Smearing the innocence with blackened crimson
Like a silent prayer she held its gaze
Pouring out love and it recoiled
A soft, slipping smile and she faded out
Reclaimed by a former life