you are a black hole sucking the life out of my soul as you

hold me tight to your chest. you don't feel like anything I've ever felt before; existing,

yet ceasing to exist. i wonder if this is real,

or some fantasy i conjured in my head. you hold the key to my demise

and my salvation,

and you let the former key clatter to the floor, already long forgotten.

(why did i let you go?)

i asked you to take me somewhere you dared not go until i came prancing along your lion's den. you pitied me then, but I did not want it.

everything you stood for scared me.

we ascend slowly, gently, your wings like a soft breath all around me. you keep your gaze upward, as if you know

what is to come. my eyes are curious. they drink in everything i can see.

i feel your fingers curl around my torso like snakes, but i do not mind. i pull myself closer to you, as you are the only one i know in this moment,

the only one i want to know in this moment.

my arms hold on for dear life as i watch my life fade away until it is nothing but

pewter smoke.

you are the most comforting thing i have ever felt.