Salvation Stories

Standing deep inside the alleyway, she had three cups displayed. One said Now. One said Never. The last said Evermore. I held up a battered penny, scavenged from the street. She pulled open the ancient leather trench she wore and held it wide. Her naked body shimmered white in the moonlight, a terrestrial nova against the blood-red lining. Her green gaze beguiled, daring me to take the chance. Eyes closed, I succumbed, an...

I was spinning, spiraling, losing  control of all that was earthly.  The result of betrayal, of treacherous  plans, of schemers who prey on naivete.The darkness approaching, enveloping  me in its quiet seduction. Nothingness.  So easy to allow the blackness to take  over, to sleep the sleep of the defeated.I lay in the bosom of self-pity, lay there  awaiting madness, awaiting relief,  awaiting an eternity of pain, of not...

When darkness fell around me, A blanket of despair and fear. I felt so lost, so scared and alone, All my love slipped away in a tear. When my strength had all but left me, And slowly I slipped away. It was you that came and saved me, A debt I can never repay. I laid my heart below your feet, Praying, for you to tread softly. For I have but just the one, It is yours should you wish it, gladly. For in the absence of hope, w...