Blood - A Vampire's Love

warm, sweet, metallic red

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i desire

the paleness of your skin

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pulse of your heart

i want to resist

your beauty just makes it too hard

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i do, i want to resist

i can taste your fragrance from across the square

your laughter engulfs me

but not only me

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your summer dress

attracts the crowds as you dance

as you smile and sweat

your fragrance grows stronger

my control wanes

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yet i resist

as the night dims

and the crowds fade

my mind races to the thought

bloodless for days

none that I enjoyed anyway

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you end your night

violin packed away

you cross the square

heading my way

i must decide

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raising my hand

reaching out to you

a dance I say

last on — would you?

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A waltz it is

your sweeter than I dreamt

I caress your face

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you look at me

with full permission

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I pause, and fly away

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End notes:

Even bloodsuckers fall in love beyond the flesh.

Happy Valentine's Day