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.