Demon

She tried to say no

Glistening cheeks and frightened eyes

Woefully staring up at the place

That had spewed sickly sweet words

It seemed like only moments earlier

Surrounded by strobe lights and soulless bodies

I had whispered in her ear,

"I'm here to take you home"

A subway station with no sound

But a rat scuttling across the dust

Minimal light, darkness abound

The rip of tape echoes down the tunnel

She tries to scream

Her voice is like a hot iron

It fires me up

It makes me feel strong

Against her, my skin feels soothed

As if to step out of the sun and into the ocean

Her hair sandy as the beach

She smells of broken memories

And as I step into my sin

I am reminded of the shoreline

I previously traversed

Their conches inspected and approved

Ravaged, and left only as a shell

My demons emerge

Calloused hands on silky skin

And I think "I can only do to angels

As the devil has done before me."

The wind now howls outside

Tires screech towards bliss

She writhes in the handcuffs

My demons are constrained no more