You crept into my life through the backdoor of my mind,
And slowly but surely dimmed the lights in the corridor of my dreams.
I was maybe, what, fifteen when it started?
I was only a child
But you didn't care.
You wrapped your hands around my throat and squeezed until the world went black.

When the color returned,
Cold air slicing through my lungs as I breathed in,
I trembled and shook
And in vain I cried out into the abyss,
Praying for salvation at the end of the line.
But no help came.
I was only a child
But no mercy rained from the heavens to smite me in a fit of Old Testament rage.
So stranded, I found my own way back to the surface.

The seconds bled into minutes bled into hours into days into weeks, months, years...
My nails long worn through the soft childish flesh
Palms criss-crossed with the memory of you seared into my skin.
I was only a child,
But try as I might to silence the voices,
The words forged into my bones cackled with every step I took.
Your promises echoed throughout the empty corridors of my heart
Until at last I let go.

With a kiss from death,
Your cold arms wrapped around me in a lover's embrace.
We danced to the whispers crawling up my spine
And you promised me you'd stay a little longer,
Sealed it with a kiss.
Besides, you whispered
Your icy lips brushing up against my ear.
It's only a short fall.
I was only a child
But to the tune of screaming in my bones
And the light of the dying flame in my heart,
Our bodies swayed as I fell into you.