Betrayal

You were the only one I regarded; the one who instilled in me an unquenchable fire. I was the queen by your side, a forceful being who illuminated the dark. A holy pyre we shared among the endless expanse, incapable of dimming. We sailed through the abyss, commanding the stars to scream our names. You told me with such resilience that I was born to command. My shield was your name, my armor your flame. My every admiration, devotion, fury I bequeathed…but you wanted something else, something less, something…mortal. After some time I found you alone, speaking to the clouds. You were all I wanted to comfort. You told me of a thought, one that meant change. Humans. A word that birthed the death of my affection and a beginning of my lust. I would slither my way to ravage these ‘beloveds’, the ones you chose over me enviously. That day I saw you in the garden, the garden we used to roam, that was the day you saw me at my worst, my most human. “Why them!” I cried to you but you just turned your back. They hold no stand beside me, no weight to my dominance! Why, the only question asked with no answer, for it had taken your hand from mine. When once I lived to love, now live to consume. The torment I carry, no mortal can fathom. When I see them, I see you. I will not, I will not, I will not give them what you gave me. I will not easily make that exchange of love. I cannot escape them for they outnumber the stars and with them your love escaped ME. Your betrayal is all I have to grasp. You created me to bloom, to convulse with fury. Though I may never know why my love for you ever blossomed, I found that power…can be just as enticing.