Author S. K. Nicholas

A slow dance; a storm between childhood and sexual deviancy. In the rain as passing cars skid either side of us, we take shelter in a flooded subway. The future falls as do the buildings we used to look at with envy. The way your body reflected in those myriad windows, and how the cold metal pillars reminded me of the inescapable nature of our fate. Each drop of rain is a secret of yours, a secret I swore to make true but never did. Each city that shines in the distance a teardrop I wiped from your eyes while doing my best to make you feel just like me. Know what it’s like to be empty, and understand how it is to breathe without reason. As we swim beneath the streets, captivate me with visions that tear down my defenses. Isolate my passions and take me to the brink. To be fearful is human, but to embrace the darkness others shy from is a sign of something more. If you ever dreamed of looking into my eyes, would you wish to see the things I have seen? Would you allow me to sink my teeth in and deflower you while life as we knew it crumbled? In dreams, the oceans swirl around your feet, and as you place your fingers beneath the surface, all those stars that have been forever dead spark once more. As the world implodes above us, I come alive to the sight of you sliding down your underwear to those cute ankles of yours. As you blink twice to say yes, I shape our futures to the taste of iron and potassium nitrate. Crawling on all fours, these hands of mine carve ambition where once there was nothing. If I promised you sensations no one else had ever felt, would you believe in my words? Would you place your mouth on mine and sink to the hidden depths we were told were never there? Be mine, and swim in this madness I’ve spent my entire life trying to create. Take a leap of faith. I won’t catch you, but I’ll fall by your side gazing with wonder at the look on your face. Fearless like lovers, and breathless in the flux of absolutely everything.