I wake up. You are beside me. How did I get here, next to you? You, who only last night I gave up on? Gave up on for love, for forgiveness, for release from my prison. You won't give me my soul, my heart, my existence. And I, a fallen creature, do not deserve to be here, lying next to you. Your hair is silk beneath my fingers, your skin warm to my touch. I don't know what to do. Should i wake you? My eyes can't get enough of your face, your body, the look of skin on skin. There is nothing between us. I blush. You still sleep. Should I wake you? I don't want this to end. I don't want to stop holding you. Are you mine? I remember pain. The pai