Vamp

In the quiet, we spend the night with

 lions, spend our days lying in

 coffins

Come closer she said, I've got an

 offer I won't allow you to resist

A kiss with a little bit of blood in it

A tryst with a touch of immortality

These violent seas keep us

 turning beneath our sheets, spurning

 one heart for many, any chance we'd had

 long forgotten

Come closer she said, I've got a

 world that you won't want to miss

A drink you'd never think to sip

So we're here, swallowing dreams by the gallon

These sunless days remind us

 of everywhere we've never been

 of every wrist we've watched life slip

 from

Come closer she said, it doesn't get any better

 than this, if we've been living in shadows

 this long, then it's just as well that

 we embrace them

And I am here, somewhere between the

 street lamps, and my dear, she fearlessly

 warms lifeless hands

Over a burning can, eyeing hungrily

 the coming moments

And the victims that the city's womb

 has brought us.