Bloody Mess

Suddenly this darkness isn’t so subtle,
It parades right through me, laughing and pointing.
I tear and I bite, pulling myself back,
A futile gesture, from the one that escapes even light.

Suddenly this darkness isn’t so friendly,
His glimmer and his twinkle
were built on deceit.
A mad smile of luminous teeth,
A trail of blood at my feet.
I realize it's the others.
The one's I helped bleed.

Suddenly this darkness isn’t so subtle.

Slowly this darkness mocks my belief.
Easing his sickle next to me.
I panic and I quicken my pace of breathing.
His antics are looming, his antics are seething.

Slowly the blade moves closer and twitches
A flick of the wrist and it sinks without me flinching.
My blood runs cold from the fear with which
he embraced me....
We connect and I transfer.
He takes and devours.

Suddenly that darkness isn't so subtle.
What trust I had in that awesome darkness.
He suddenly replies as the lights flicker dimmer,
sweeter than honey and all you could imagine,
yet more brutal and truthful, like cancer and death,
"You--put yourself--
In this bloody mess."