i’m a child of darkness. all this sunshine you’re giving me, i’m not really used to. you call out my name or brush your electric fingertips against my skin, and suddenly, bold flashes of yellow infiltrate the grey; some dormant part of me is shocked into an exhilarating awareness when you do such things. i want you to know i woke up this morning feeling like you were my chosen lover, but more like you chose me. you are light. light is the lion, and i am the prey, and i believe i’d rather surrender than run or play dead. i do not fear, for i know it is my fear you seek to destroy.
