May 17, 2025
More in MosquitoBytes Volume 01: Nigrescent Vermillion -
2005 She Knows
She Knows
She crept into his world Under the radar At first unseen No notion of her existence Slowly at first Over several years Like a wraith Her image took form Before clouded eyes A sense of id A spark of empathy Unknown and unknowable At least then A wayward smile Fleeing from her gentle face Approached him Moved the hands of fate He remembered her name She Knows Aaaah sweet Oh too young, She Knows He cringed Knowing in his mind Yet ignoring with his heart That this would end This that was he Would cease But the sweet, sweet suffering It lasted long One day A woman grown They approached Laughed Blushed Spoke of trivial things Avoided eye contact Then kissed Blissful agony Death, come now He cried in his mind Such passion Such tenderness Such ills To continue further No option on that Refrain Back to pure pain A year passes Story repeats Suffering so sweet 24Hours of Teasing His sweet Temptress She knew then More than he The pain The tears The road travelled Another year And another Alone now He reaches out Fantasy? Apparently fulfilled Stretched over a decade The entrapment of a fool Awakening of truths Dissected by her beauty A mind that cuts through Deconstructs his façades Lays bare the truth concealed Even from the self Torments his very soul Shatters his mind Sets him free Such pain for him But the joy Knowing at last After all this time Why he hurt How he hurt To embrace the hurt Still they chat Eternal flirts Both scarred Never to heal in full Withdrawn and open Somewhere a seed Both aroused Now we shall see How intimate These friends shall be © 2005, Mosquitobyte
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