Sweet Dreams
He begs
“Shh.”I say as I tilt my head.
“Don’t say my name. You don’t earn that.”I say as My fist meets his jaw again, and this time he goes limp. Finally unconscious and I stare at him for several seconds, chest heaving not from exhaustion, but because beating him wasn’t enough.
Not nearly enough, Violence never fills me; it only spreads, expands and breathes. it turns and spread into something slow, invasive, hungry. It expands through my ribs like smoke, curls around my spine, settles behind my teeth. It breathes, It waits and It wants.