SWEET SURRENDER

“Sweet Surrender”

I only felt the shadow fall so deep,

And heard a low, soft whisper in the dark,

A sudden coldness woke me from my sleep,

Before the teeth could find their fatal mark.

Two needles plunged with fire, precise and deep,

And I felt all my conscious strength begin to fall,

I lost the will that I had tried to keep,

As velvet terror pressed against the wall.

A slow, velvet poison began to expand,

And consciousness broke like a brittle, thin glass,

My life was a warmth pulled right out of my hand,

A rush and a wonder that melted to pass.

My heartbeat stuttered, a final, weak sound,

The world became clear in a diamond-cut way,

I grew cold and still on the chill, waiting ground,

As all of my human light faded away.

Written on 10/16/2025