We Fallen

My concern drops soft

Against your gentle cough

So frail in my embrace

We lie in bed of secrets laced

In and out of sleep so deep

Chased by hungry thoughts

That creep and seep

And gnaw the edge of soul in feast

Bulwark against foul demon's chase

In this space I'll make you safe

My princess chaste

My drug

My waif

I play the hero, armored in kind pledge

We fall away from ocean's edge

I claim right of diver's salvage

Our need whelmed in bodies savaged

We lie in tangled trust

My comely Succubus

At your carnal throne I kneel

Haunted by dark lusts unsealed

I run my fingers along your scars

A little sad, a little angry, a little hard-

Confused by dark emotions' brace

Pushed by twisted passion's chase

Bound by your perverse bequest

My hands 'round your neck

We slew and teeter at the cusp

Succumbing to small deaths

No saving grace for likes of us

Truth a tarnished gilt

Upon our wicked borrow

We give the monster leash

Foul imprecations muttered

In horror's grip, we come and shudder

Loath to loose my hero's claim

But in truth, we are the same

Just two Maker's broken toys

Fallen little girl and boy

No spoils to claim

No one to blame

As hero's mantle falls away

I sigh in lost illusions' sway

Hold you close-

As one

We peel

The waxing day

-DeRicki