A Kiss before dying

I remember the burning pain

and blood

on my hands, my blood

I remember tears yours

and mine

on my face amidst your arms

I remember whispers

and snow stained

red, crimson red

I felt hands holding

tightly

I asked for a favor of

you

dishonored and pleading

with a god as cold

as the bloody snow

I asked you for a kiss

then moist heat

then nothing...

Notes: I wrote this in College when I still thought I would want to write under a pen name, utter foolery on my part.

I wanted to call myself The Knight of Shadows as if there was some mission I could pronounce with that label, as if it would have some meaning.

I wrote this after watching Dangerous Liaisons with John Malkovich. It's from a scene in the movie.