We're alone now
and i've never been so aware of your proximity
the night is so dense
and it's closing in around, confining me
      and you're still
      and you're silent
I can see the hunger in your predatory gaze
it flickers in your eyes like a warning
but it touches something inside me just the same

I can hear you breathe
as you wait in the shadows, patient
but i can't walk away, moth to the flame
you whisper my name
it spills from your lips
a frozen benediction
to the face of your guilt.