After dark, my sweet

A woman and a vampire have fallen in love. The woman wants to be turned into a vampire, but the vampire knows that the life of a vampire is too hard for her. This is their conversation

In my world darkness is eternal

The light is forbidden

and we live beyond the grace of god

What you ask of me, I should not do

This is a curse

This is a damnation...

You will become a hunter

Our salvation is our prey

Men, women, children

The hunger for blood will never end

Everyone you remember will grow old and die

My love, do not take this decision lightly

Once turned, your heart will beat no longer

All that is certain, all that is meaningful in our lives is death

In my mortality darkness and light share the same sky

God graces us with a chance to live but then he takes away life all too quickly

That is my curse

You say I will become a hunter

Well that is better than becoming the hunted

Where our only prey is of our own species

Men, women, children

They don't matter to me

All that matters to me is you

Everyone I remember will grow old and die

But you and I will still be growing strong

Take me to your world

Cease the beating of my heart

For I feel it has been going too fast since I've met you

Take me to your world and let me proove my love to you

Author's Note

This was a partnership. I worked with TGH who is a brilliant writer. He wrote the lines in dark red which is the dialogue of the vampire. I wrote the lines in purple which is the dialogue of the woman.

Reviews

[emipoemi]

A wonderful collaboration!! They're always fun, and they tend to result in brilliance. This is brilliant! I quite enjoyed all the plays and echoes between the two stanzas (my fave echo is the "everyone I remember will grow old and die" - golden!). I have a couple of things to point out with yours, if I may: I figure your intention was to have the exact number of lines as the first stanza, but your second line is a tad too long to be one line. It should be line broken at "live"; and "prove" is the proper spelling. Everything else is absolutely fantastic!! and that ending is killer! Well freaking done!

[Dark_Duckling]

OMG I want this to become a novel lol
Such an interesting conversation between these two entities.

[Faust]

Thank you:)

[Relic]

This is really interesting to read. The desire of the female for power and longevity is conveyed through emotional dialog and a desire for a companion that will last for an eternity. You both did a great job on this.

[Faust]

Thank you on behalf of TGH and myself