Friday, October 25, 2013

True Faith


He sits high in his leather chair; lounging in his dark finely tailored suit, the very face of GQ model perfection, holding a tumbler of seductive dark liquid.  Every now and again he brings the glass up to his perfectly cruel lips and tastes the top-shelf bourbon.

I am on the floor in front of him, awaiting his next word like some kind of trained dog.  Little does he know that street mutts never fully heel to their masters.  The wildness, the desperation, never leaves. The hunger and pain is just one word or gesture away and we know this.  Betrayal is just around the corner; better to bite and run then feel slapped once more. I have learned all too well what happens to men like that when they are around me.

I know what he expects of me, a silent submissive posing in all my glorious nudity; the devoted worshipping at the temple of her religion, bowing at the feet of her god.  The candle-lit room, dark furniture and deeply enriched tones are all props set to enhance his position and mine.  I know what he expects, but does he know what I expect in return? Is he as prepared as I am?

This is an important night for us, so I wait until he is ready.  I have all the time in the world, really, to play this game.  Maybe this is the one that will finally be worthy.

I catch the note of crystal glass set against the hard surface of the side table.  The gentle creaks of leather as he rises slowly to his full height.  I can’t help but shiver slightly at this song of seduction.  Nothing says sex like the slow creak of worn leather.  Approaching my spot next to the bed, steps strong and sure, he halts just in front of my knees.  Kneeling this long is hard on my body by waiting is worth the reward, in this respect. 

Another pause that lasted eternity and he kneels down, lining our eyes on the same plane. That was your first mistake, master.  My mask stays in place even as my body prepares for the inevitable.

I glance toward his left hand, a studded leather collar held loosely in his large grip. “Are you ready?” he asks, as if we haven’t discussed this a hundred times before. His repeated need of reassurance loosens my leash just enough. Instead of words, I pull my hair up so he can slip the collar around my neck;the mark of faith and trust in his Dominance. 

Each tingle of the buckle increases my fire; an inferno of need and desire.  I know what is coming and I need it more than my next breath.  I can feel his rapid breaths against my neck and I close my eyes to that I can commit each moment to memory.  His breathing becomes ragged and strained.  The heat against my skin where his bushes across mine is scorches and I revel in the pleasure/pain of it all. 

The last click of the collar is secured and I am set ablaze.  Turning, I stand up while he crumbles down to all fours.

“You failed.  Your strength, your conviction, were not absolute.  You asked me for my all yet cannot give it in return.”

I knock him over onto his side with a slight push of my bare foot, exposing his chest and the fear in his eyes.  I reach toward him, running my fingertips over the soft material of his sweat-soaked button up.  The heat radiating from me is not helping his struggle for air.  The flames licking around my skin singes the cloth away, leaving his chest bare.  He feeble attempts to get up are useless, and I reach down and take what I offered him so freely; the bloody release of his soul dripping from my hand.


Never turn your back on this stray for she will bite you the moment you falter. Strength and confidence are the only things some creatures respect, even a creature such as me.

Emelyn St. James ©

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The Unquiet Mind


The quiet of my voice 
Bares no reflection to the
Cacophony of words
Raging within my mind.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Fingers


Your wandering fingers
Would feel better
If they were still attached
To your hands.




Saturday, October 19, 2013

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Counting

I look to the counting of the words. 

Counting of the minutes. 
Counting of the beats of my heart within my torn chest.  
Counting the notes of the melody; an undercurrent playing out within the words that fly onto the page.  Counting on the end to come so that I can rest in dreamless bliss. 

Tell the world to dream its dreams on its own dime.  

Counting on the love to push me into another day. 
Counting the minutes, seconds, until the sun rises and I can breathe again.  

Let the world sleep. I don’t give a flying fuck about all but a few.  The few chosen beats that make this old heart bother to pump at all.  Let the world burn around me as I relish the heat in this cold corner of my sad and twisted mind.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Freedom


You know nothing of Freedom's embrace
Hanging
Chained to your life and comfort.

These strings that tie you up...
Cut them all
Let your limbs flow free
Let the Chaos 
Reign.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

The Light in Your Eyes



The beauty is there
The light in your eyes
The wonder of your gaze
The shine of your soul...



The beauty is there
While I watch the light die in your eyes
Memorize the wonder of your gaze
Claim the shine of your soul...

For my own.

Friday, October 11, 2013

The Horse-Drawn Lighthouse


A quiet country road, still warm from the day’s heat, leads into a peaceful village. Its sleepy inhabitants, finished with the day’s labors, are parceled out and away into the respective homes.  The Sun’s rest is at hand, heralding the evening symphony of insects.  A soft breeze barely rustles the random corpses of trees. A typical end to a typical day.

A far-off rumble breaks the night’s chorus of song; a change in tonight’s program.  Squeaking wheels and heavy horse hooves crunching lay down a new beat against the rarely used dirt road. The closest village being over 30 miles away makes it an epic journey to undertake by foot; a distance that leads to a lifetime of secluded bliss for most of the locals.

 Scattering of birds heralds a four-horse team hitched to a large wagon on top which is something most had never seen before, either in their dreams or nightmares.  Conical in shape, the metal girders curved and twisted upward to be level with the tallest trees.  The smell of oil and grease begin to mix in with the natural scents of the area, a putrid cloud of Industry and Progress.  Fire burned in a warped glass compartment at its pinnacle, casting the most eerie glow on the surrounding landscape below.  Spikes and hooks swing like ornaments glinting, clinking in time with the motion of the wagon; The Song of Souls.

The parade of solemn men behind the monstrosity gives their appearance a more sinister feel; the coming of the storm off of a warm breeze.

Pulling into the small village, the group huddles together outside the humble local pub.  Most of the men proceed to get off their horses, all but one that is.  Under that unnatural illumination, the man left sits up in his stirrups and delivers his message in a deep, booming voice that echoes off the store fronts in the village epicenter.

“Attention all who live here. I am Captain Terin; The Keeper. My brothers and I have come to bathe your souls in our Light.  We seek to cleanse the world of rotten and decayed evil that threatens us all. Come out, fair people.  Come out and look upon the Guiding Light.

Come out or we shall come in.”          

Emelyn St. James ©

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Unfettered


Unfettered words
Festering wounds
Fatalistic worlds

Far too late for you...

I am coming.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Feel

Feel my blood run through your fingers
Feed on my despair

Even as I take your soul for my own.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Ashes


Burn with my words
Set fire to my soul
Watch my world crumbles into ashes.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Me


What do you know of me?
My world?
Words?
Warnings?

What do you know of my Madness?
My desires?
Destruction?
Desperation?



What do you know of my darkness
when you still refuse to look at your own?