Would You Spend Eternity With Me?
White face glowing brightly
Topped with auburn hair
Black cape trailing every movement
Lustrous chestnut eyes scanning the distance
Seeing things no ordinary mortal can imagine
The immortal of the night
With nothing to fear
But the flames and upcoming sun
And truly, fear itself, which is always a factor
Then the hunger hits him
Like a knife driving into his silky, soft, smooth skin
The need! The hunger!
Oh the taste of succulent sweetness
Red, redder than anything else, why of course
Blood red
The hunger burning inside him like a wildfire
Set ablaze upon dry wood
He walks along the worn dark path
Just as he's done countless times before
Keeping count impossible
He being at least 500 years in age
From his immortal birth
He at the time, twenty-four, and forever that
He shall stay
By far not the oldest of his 'kind'
But truly a survivor, known all around by 'them'
A true miracle, surprisingly talented
As a vampire, and having any and all human qualities
Truly mastered
Reads the most intimate of thoughts
Moves without a sound, strong as 10 mortal men
Yet he falls to the hunger
Old, yet too young, to overcome the thirst
Along the path, the oh so long path
A thousand memories
The victims, the pleasures, the love
The thirst now so strong, it's painful
Building up
He still walks, he still waits
Passing a mortal once in awhile
He, now walking slowly, much like those mortals
When really he could move ever so fast
The mortals never seeing, ever knowing he was there
Could float if he pleased
Frankly, he, himself, disliked that skill
Though, had mastered it
He takes a seat on the nearby bench
The breeze blowing through his silky shining hair
He brushes it back off his forehead
Short as it is, still troublesome, but truly beautiful
Dazed, suffering from the thirst pain
He looks down
Observing his luxurious nails
Now, over the years, have become clear
Sparkling and twinkling like glass
At times, still even mesmerizing to him
Then he feels it again
A strange presence
But it disappears at the speed of light
Lost again
Up at the stars he gazes
He knows the twinkle, same as her eyes
His love, also of his 'kind', gone now
Disappeared it would seem, like many other things
His mind shifts,
Enough painful memories
Onward now, to ease the pain
Time to choose a victim
He rises
Walks at vampiric speed, unseen by mortals
Down the moonlit path
Eyes wandering every which way
Then he saw her
A woman ahead on the bridge
Her long black hair blowing out behind her
Reading her thoughts, he easily found her story
She wanted to die
In the next instant, he was by her side
Then he took her
Bitting her neck, draining her blood
Giving her what she wanted, death
So be it, and she returns
To the eternal garden of life
Pity, another caught in the savage garden
Only two hours before the sun rises again
Onward he walks
Through the dark gloomy streets of the city
Searching for the unknown
This is what he was doing
As a pain still lingered, yet what?
This he did not know
Suddenly he stopped cold in his tracks
For what had come out of the shadows
Had truly shocked him
Which rarely ever happens
For what he saw, he had never expected
To see again
Thought to be lost forever
Her straight brown hair
Spilling over her shoulders
Smooth and silky as it had always been
Her unique details, small but strong
Showing through
Her, almost an angel, precious to him
Ah, angel of death
Slowly she walked up to him
Yes, the same as always
Her strong jaw bone
Soft, full pouting lips, blush pink
Green eyes, oh the same, so caring and warm
Yet piercing and cold when she desired
Her feline movements
Quick and swift,
Yet graceful and elegant at the same time
Oh so beautiful
Now he saw, saw what the pain was
Loneliness, now with her back, never again
The world nothing, immortal, yet without her..
Not worth being 'alive' or in the same sense
And at that moment, promised himself
To never lose her again, or face true torture
Immortal sadness
Without having said a word
They silently embraced
They knew each others thoughts
Then arm and arm they walked
Down the path, the oh so travelled path
Now different
Together again
Into the night, now, not so dark
For eternity, the vampire souls matched
The dark lovers
The night walkers