as little mercy as the night

We shivered in the breaking  
rays of day
as if the dawn  
washed us clean  
of our nighttime sins  
 
and I clung to you,
battered,  
while you gathered  
my body against you,  
my hair under your arm  
like a crumpled sheet  
stained with  
revelation  
 
because in the cold night  
we raged
 
in the starless eventide  
we fucked like mercenaries
who needed to kill  
each other to survive,  
 
our weaponized skin  
was combat gear  
while we snarled  
and clawed,  
and ached,  
and screamed,  
across a plain wood floor  
 
until we stained the  
planks so deeply  
that a black light  
wasn't needed to see  
crime scene evidence.  
 
My throat in your teeth  
when you fucked me from the bottom;  
as my clawed red nails  
turned crimson in your chest  
 
and you shoved my head  
in the pillow  
my arms twisted  
behind my back  
while  
I sobbed a muffled  
please  
fucking please
 
instead of mercy  
 
You acquiesced  
and rode me hard  
your hand a crop  
against my pale ass  
strands of my hair entwined  
in your fist  
as I screamed your name  
as a curse on creation  
and clenched so hard  
my pussy  
sounded  
as obscene  
as our actions  
 
and we lay now  
sweat-misted skin  
quivering
as warm light hits  
our battered bodies  
 
I whimper as I trace  
your torn lip,  
and you inhale dismay  
at the perfect  
teeth marks  
blackening  
the underskin  
of my tender  
right  
breast  
 
and I cling to you  
as day shows  
our depravity.
 
and smile  
as our sweet warmth  
covers us like a blanket  
 
because I love the feeling  
of your safe chest under  
my tear-sticky cheek,
and the way your hands  
cover my back like a shield  
 
and I love the way  
you love me like I'm  
the most beloved
possession in your world  
 
but my darling
close your eyes  
and cling to me  
 
because as beautiful  
as we are  
in the light,  
and we are fucking gorgeous
I love us  
in the dark  
 
and I shiver in bold anticipation  
as we strip clean  
from our skin,  
open eyed,  
and find greater beauty  
in degeneracy  
 
Darling I only know the day  
is kind because I know  
the night is ruthless  
 
I know the night is fucking ruthless
 
and I cling to us  
in a matrix of  
dark-light notions  
as your hands circle  
my slender wrists  
and pin me  
to the wall  
 
darling
 
I ask you to be as  
kind as the night  
as you nuzzle my cheek  
with your nose  
 
and I ask you,  
as you take my  
mouth with yours,  
to show me  
as little mercy  
as the hour  
before dawn