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[aid] => mick
[title] => Love In The Fire Of Darkness Part Three
[time] => 2004-03-25 23:40:00
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[bodytext] => I look around me, But I see nothing. The burning sensation intensifies, But there is nothing To burn me. I withhold the desire To claw frantically At my body, Because it would do no good. I blink; I see her sweet face So close I can almost touch it. I wonder, Can I be dead? No, I'm still breathing. Does "the girl" know that I love her, Does she remember? Inky blackness still surrounds me, Her face is gone. The darkness is crushing me, Smothering me. I hear something behind me; Footsteps, Breathing, Her voice. My heart leaps with joy When I hear her voice say my name, But that joy does not last. A dim light lights up beneath her feet, Barely illuminating us enough To see each others faces. "Baby, I love you," I start to say, But with a stern look she locks the words away inside my heart. Oh, God, it's in her hands. No wonder I smell blood, It's mine. Somehow my heart continues beating In the palm of her hand. "I always knew that you loved me," she says, "That's why I stole this, so you'd never stop." She walks up and kisses my cheek. In a quick movement, I return the kiss. She steps back and regards me cooly. "That was nice," she says, "But now I'm done with you. But I can't just put this back," she says motioning to my heart, "It isn't that easy." With that she begins to squeeze... [comments] => 2 [counter] => 157 [topic] => 31 [informant] => solmyr1404 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => StoryPoetry )
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