Day 147 of the 365 day poem challenge.
Word of the day afflatus meaning: "a divine creative impulse or inspiration."
Afflatus
He was inspired
To be like the girl, who knew her name like the warm sun
He followed her to his peril
He followed her all the way
He followed her with his eyes
He followed her with his mouth and then with his teeth
Soon there was no room for
The girl with the smile
That lit up rooms
The girl with infectious confidence
The girl was an infection
The girl was torn aside like a scab
Scratched aside and swallowed
She was not confident
She was forlorn
He was jaded
And hateful
He was not inspired
His life was fat, grotesque and insipid
There was emptiness
There was bitter tasteless chasm
There were moments that sent his blood to rushing
She was his captive
She was not inspired
She was not in awe
Only in fear
But like an animal
Because that was all that was left
Darting eyes and adrenaline
And the thoughts of a moment
Blood surging through her and squirming out of her insides
His hands are around hers
His hands are around her
He kisses her deep
She kisses it all goodbye
She feels a cold finger trailing over her aorta the thump of it
Pulsing and pounding against his chest
He whispers, "this must be it, this must be love."
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