Forever.

When I look back I can't help but feel cretinous.
How I was fooled by your paradisiacal appearance.
Immediately bewitched by your mere presence.
And it cost me everything.
Your promises of forever were short lived and vain.
Every touch was fueled by power and thirst for control.
You sank your fangs so deep into me, I never had time to react.
I could never satisfy your hunger.
Tirelessly, I gave you everything.
I bled for you.
I filled your chalice with my tears.
I carved a crown from my bones.
The darkness that consumed you was to depleting.
To love you was to suffer.
To need you was my downfall.
Yet I continued to crawl to you, to beg for you.
On my knees, at your mercy.
But mercy was never delivered.
When you left you couldn't help but smile.
Blood stained on your perfectly white teeth, from taking one last bite of my flesh.
You leaned in close, and whispered into my ear
"Forever, there is no end."
And like a fool, I sat year after year waiting.
Craving the pain as long as you were attached with it.
And here I stay.
Forever.