Demonic

Demonic.

You contain me

You shrink my human form

to fit just inside the palm

of your well-calloused hands

Hands that have not experience

nor desire to destroy

But hands that wish for control;

wish to own my very being

So you hold me up to the light,

dangling me solely by my long, twisted braid

Stick me under a magnifying glass

and only when your eyes,

so very close to mine,

examine me from afar

Do I see the demons dancing,

frolicing

in and out of your dilated pupils

No longer are the familiar

warm and kind brown

of which I am accustomed

But now I feel

the black mist of your gaze

seeping from your eyes,

swirling around my face,

caressing my cheek

as I lean towards its touch

Never could I ever

exorcise the demon from you

for being vulnerable is my favorite thing

When I know my heart

shall never be crushed

Just inside the palm

of your well-calloused hands.