Sleep, My Darling, Sleep by Minerva_one
Sleep, My Darling, Sleep
Sleep, my darling, sleep now.
It's only you and I alone in the darkness,
your bare skin to mine,
my lips against yours.
I didn't make it easy for you to love me.
I couldn't.
Yet you did anyway.
I didn't make it easy on myself, either.
I wouldn't.
I didn't deserve you.
I needed to show you I was strong,
to prove my dominance over you.
But my heart knows what it truly was.
A test.
Would you be strong enough to hold me up?
Would I be brave enough to remove the armor,
and let you inside?
I may call your species feeble, and I may call you frail.
We both know the truth behind the lie.
You may be weak of body
But I am weak of heart.
I will need you more than you will ever need me.
Others may believe I am the strong one,
and you the one in my need.
We both know the truth behind the lie.
You are stronger than I will ever be,
and the only one able to hold my heart in your hands.
So sleep, my darling, sleep now,
And let the world believe the lie.