Leave Me Behind

“Promise me forever, Bun. You’re where my sanity starts.” I can hear the smile in his voice.
“You are where mine ends.”

It’s the monster in me,” I manage to say between hushed moans. His brow raises. “That craves the one in you.”

I love you. I shouldn’t, but I do.

“Do you think we could make it out?” My voice is quiet, but his sad, boyish smile melts the ice around my soul.
“Together, our broken pieces can do anything.”

I close my eyes slowly and my breath grows weak with guilt. I’ve never felt remorse for a life I’ve taken. But why did it have to be him?
A black bullet killed Abrahm.
I killed Abrahm.

I would kill her swiftly, I decide. Maybe with a neck snap

Sleep my bunny, your next breath is not promised.

Rats never seem to remember that snakes are hiding in the bird’s nest too.

know if she follows me into battle, into the fire, I’d die if she took a bullet for me. Riøt or not. I can’t deny that I care about her and that thought scares the shit out of me.

I seethe all night as I scrub the blood from beneath my nails.
Devils do bleed.