Every Day

As the dusk-stain on the horizon
Turns orange and violet, he wakes
Rising, to embrace the night, search for me
No place is safe to crouch and tremble
Hearing his footsteps and whispering chuckle
His glee with the game, his delight in the find
Flaring nostrils pulling in the smells of fear
Brine of silent tears tumbling from my eyes

Folded like origami in the hiding place
I rise, pleading quivering hands before me
His cool fingertips grasping and tugging
Pulling me close, pressed ever so close
To feel the strength and need vibrate
Through our bodies to curl his hands
Around my arms, iron bands tightening
Looking into my eyes with bloodless iris

The gleaming smile framed by thin lips
His questing moist tongue dancing
My chin raises, drawing in breath
For the fight, the scream, the struggle
As the dam breaks to shatter the silence
The kiss, oh the kiss, every day
Smothers sound, tamps the fear
As he tastes and soothes my flailing psyche

A noise slides from his belly, rising slowly
Until it fills my mouth, and breaks the kiss
Roaring loud in the night sky, primal
Gleaming daggers jut in silhouette
Then flashes quickly into soft flesh
Sipping, then drinking until my ears hum
And my vision begins to darken and fade
Please, let me die, let this end tonight

My body slides to the dew damp ground
A near empty vessel, depleted and weak
Not enough for another desperate tear
Just the curl of fear and defeat fluttering
Like my heart trying to gain ground
As I hear the papery laugh retreating
Footsteps fading into the ink-coated night
He shouts, on the morrow, my love.