"I can't let you go." I had said as I crawled into bed
Static rang in the background of the phone lines
There was wind outside my window

"Aw, darling, you don't ever have to." he replied, as I sat there and cried
The wind picked up and the static got worse
A tree was crackling somewhere in the distance

"I love you a whole lot." I whispered as he only snickered
A leaf or five brushed through the pool of light from my room
His breathing cut out for a minute or two

"I have to leave." he claimed as I lay there ashamed
The wind whistled around the corner of the house
That tree crashed to the ground in a flutter of branches and nests

I hung up.

even the night
is not dark
as long as the moon
is in the sky
and this
is what you are
to me

His eyes were closed.
His lips were on mine.

In that moment
I was completely still.

Then they started creeping in.
His demons explored my soul.

I could feel his madness,
and I could taste his sadness;
that is when
I fell in love.

Our lips bleed
under the strain of this kiss
Now even God can't tell
your blood from mine.