"You know... I have never seen you sleep." she says, voice soft as sin. I can hear her legs lightly kicking back and forth, heels softly impacting upon the bed frame. The soft rustle of silk against cotton, as she wraps her arms about the pillow and crushes it against her torso ( Read more... )

The doctor at the clinic calls me. Really, just a lady at the clinic, and says I need to come back at my earliest convenience. She won't go into any details about my blood work. She's got that bullshit smile in her voice, and I know it's not good news. The billing department just really needs full payment before I croak.

So, I go. And wait.

Do some ( Read more... )

Black dress on. Smoke still in her hair. No sense in talking anymore.

No sense in breathing anymore. The blood pumps. Infuse the flesh with warmth. I know what is coming, before she even does. I tend to be that way. Direct. Control.

"... what's wrong?" she asks... taking a step back. Putting meager distance between our two forms.

"I'll ride to hell ( Read more... )

Outside, night, pouring rain... war weather ( Read more... )

"You hung up on me..." she says into the phone, pressed against my ear. Listening to her. With nothing going through my chest. Am I supposed to care ( Read more... )

How many hours are in a day when you don't spend half of them watching television?

When is the last time any of us really worked to get something that we wanted?

How long has it been since any of us really needed something that we wanted?

I haven't slept in over a month.

The doctors wish to do more tests. Always more tests, every time. They give me some crap about having to send my blood off to some specialist, due to unknown "substances" within the stream ( Read more... )

A bakery/restaurant somehow within the county line. Coffee pot brewing, thickening the air with that wonderfully bitter aroma, even with the stench of the dead in my lungs. Fresh croissants to eat, sticky buns, maybe every baked good you can think of, fresh and sweet if smelling close enough ( Read more... )

... into my eyes. Do you see the blood god swirling within ( Read more... )

The road ahead is dark and silent.

Alone, I will prevail.

Alone, forevermore.