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Come here
My dear
Tell me what you most fear
Did the hot breath of death
Singe your skin
The blade of loss
Slash your heart
And leave you
With only blood and ash?
Did you barely survive
Weakness and exhaustion
Tugging at your limbs
Calling you to the earth?
What suffering did you endure
And what would you give
To ensure
You will never feel that again?
Rest easy
My love
Rest
And feel the safety
Of my guarantee
That you will never
Never
Have to face this again
And in return
All I ask
Is a trickle of blood
A small leech on your chest
Feeding on your fear
The closing of this one door
In your life
In your psyche
Just a tiny bit smaller
A bit more confined
This door
This leech
The only reminders
Of what you endured
No more vulnerability
No more pain
Don’t worry my dear
Do not regret
What you have given to me
For your safety
Such a small sacrifice
For a twinkle of control
And assurance
In this wildly dangerous
Life