Penitent

masochist’s yearning
insatiable
need for pain

pain that paints
starlit galaxies
on speckled flesh

pathways
followed
to beasts lair

guiding light
never found
here

faithful
unwavering
devoted submissive

chained bound
imprisoned
inside yourself

begging
to be beaten
punished for perceived sins

to pay
penance
until you are numb

seeking
your own
forgiveness

clean-the-mess made as sacrifice
each step equivalent
to one drop of shed blood

through these trials
find redemption
be reborn

sleep
to the sweet smell
of sadistic need

your fearful look
as desirable as
your look of pleasure

screams
echoing within
emptiness

my need to
spread you apart
with hooks of love

to place
a piece of me
inside you

blinding
bright
ritualistic binding

threads woven
between
flesh and soul

time
to end suffering
and accept loss

rest
in that place-of-truth
between darkness and light

float
in a sea
of glowing light

beside me
belonging to me
now and forever

shrouded
within
my darkness

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