you came... I knew you would I knew you loved me. I slip out of the dark like a familiar lie, all snow-bright skin and slow-breathing promise. My hair drifts around me, a red sea pretending to be gentle. Your name stirs on my tongue, I taste it, let it bloom like frostbite. You step toward me as if my love could save you, as if you’ve forgotten how many tears we've cried. You look at me like I’m still the girl you carried through the fever. But I’m only fire wearing a mask, and the void keeps asking for you. So come closer, I’ll keep you warm until the dream remembers who I truly am. My breath whispers around your neck, hair shifting like a quiet enchantment, witching the air between us. Those sapphire eyes you worshipped catch their hidden colors, green bruises, ember sparks, the first hints of what’s underneath. I smile soft, and the world inside you tilts; I smile again, and something ancient listens in. You look at me like I’m still the girl you carried through the fever. But I’m only fire wearing a mask, and the void keeps asking for you. So come closer, I’ll keep you warm until the dream remembers who I truly am. The edges of me flicker, an fade your last love! Your tempest! Your sanctuary! Your rising!!!!! The haze fills up my lungs, a patient voice concealing its shine. I reach for you, your hand in mine, ill be your divine. Every part of me calls to you, the truth, the mask, the hunger. And you answer, because you always do. You look at me like I’m still the girl you carried through the fever. But I’m only fire wearing a mask, and the void keeps asking for you. So come closer, I’ll keep you warm until the dream remembers who I truly am. we breathe to the very end
