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Amelia---The Levees Break

I love him.

I love him in a way that is as natural as breathing. He has become woven into the depths of my being, like the stars in the night sky. There is no me without him, no joy in this bleak existence I’d chosen.

I love him in a way that could get him killed. Us, killed.

And my heart doesn’t care. It wants him. For once in my life, I will my soul to decide selfishly. I yearn to throw every reason my head is screaming at me to stay away out the fucking window.

I love him, and I am enough.

I am dancing in the darkness, finally yielding to the pain I’ve carried despite it being so damn heavy.

As hard as I have tried, I can’t keep it contained. I can’t do it anymore, and I am so tired of being an island. I know that he will catch me should my steps falter. I know he’ll take my hand and keep the time.

Rhodes will keep me steady as the past wraps itself along my bones, its slim fingers tight across my soul, trying to lure me deeper into the oblivion.