A Wild Animal

Slowly the angel stood,
Watching his wild lover shake,
Her mind tormented by two separate souls,
One wild, one tame,
Both to fight for their own name.

Chained to bedpost,
Clawed hands bound behind,
Her hair fell across her weary face,
Her eyes burning with fire found in cats alone.

Crouching near her panting form,
He brushed her hair from her face,
A small smile twists his lip,
And his eyes trace her shivering skin.

"What do you want from me?!" She whispers hatefully,
"What are you going to do? Destroy me like the others of my blood?
"I never knew you hunted my kind!" She spat at his feet,
Her teeth glaring in the bedroom light.

Sighing gently,
The angel reached for her jaw,
Gently cupping her face,
He looked into her eyes.

"I wish to tame you.
"And to love you.
"I wish for you to see the pain you are causing yourself,
"And I wish for you to listen."

Startled and scared,
Wary and untrusting,
Her heart pounded in her veins,
The thrum of their heartbeats combined in her ears.

For one moment,
She might have believed,
She might have trusted in love,
Heavens knew love always burnt her before,
But here was an angel,
Promising her his heart…

For one moment,
She might have believed,
But the dark wings behind his form softly touched the floor,
A single feather shed, reminding her of his thoughts before.

He wanted to tame her, take away the part of her that made her, her.

"How can you love, what you hate?!" She growled,
Glaring up at him from under even wilder hair.
Tilting his head, the angel smiled at her,
"Can you, Tenebris, love a wild animal?! Can you?!"she said louder.

Slowly, he brushed away her hair again,
And gently kissed her on her forehead,
Breathing shakily,
His wary eyes connected with hers,
He whispered, "I already do."