Cake, Stake
"I made you cake, follow me into the garden, there are flowers and birds that will steal away your ache" she said, softly and not with a single grain of uncertainty or a hint in her voice that it'd be fake.
"Come on come now, give me your hand.. you’re my friend, your pain now, I promise I will end."
I give in... (To the temptation)
Our footwork turned to clockwork, as we walked beside each other in total harmony, like a dance, like an eight-limbed creature, but one of us is a vulture, drawn to agony. Born from tragedy, undergone tyranny for so long... Committed every felony.
This gate is the only thing that separates us from our fate now, I’m without patience let’s cross it, you’ll be safe. I have to see how, your body quivers, under pressure, your leg could snap, over my arm like a dry bough. I will protect you that I vow.
But your life you must endow…
Must surrender. So I smiled, "Do you need a hand?"
"You’re very kind…”
"Only for you." But I beguiled.
We reach the spot at last, "It’s breathtaking don’t you think?"
"I'm hungry..."
"Oh you don’t be so fast, look around… it’s poetic. A place only you could have found." The red and white checkered cloth flew over my head, waves rippled through it, time stopped, I was hypnotized, wrapped tight and thrown onto my bed. It eclipsed the sun and then brought it back.
"Now sit down, dear, look at how the clouds aligned for us, you’re enjoying this–is clear." She smiled, "Have a taste of the cake I baked for you, it is your favorite, here. Let your worries fade away. I am here to stay."
"You are... forever."
"Forever…"
"Forever." The blood seeped down slow and warm, from the stake driven in her heart that I twist, and turn to inflict incredible harm. Dripping on the cloth we were seated on. I grab your face with both hands and pull you closer upon, we fall on our side our eyes meet, yours brimming with anguish and mine with ecstasy of your epic defeat. "You thought I loved you, you thought your life was complete. None of it was true, I was lying all along, everything you believed is wrong. Watch it crumble before your eyes, watch it all fall apart. I lifted you up to heaven now your journey to hell must depart."
The sun bathes me nice and warm… I could just close my lids for a while… am I crying? I wonder why... I am feeling heavy, then I brush over my eye. Red... It must be her blood, she is soon going to die. She looked at me sly and traced her fingers across my face, as she whispered... "Bye-bye".
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