Let me be terrible with you.

Let me surrender to you every ounce of my fear and doubt and shame.

Let me labor thanklessly no more for the ungrateful.

Let the needs and desires that I am a slave to be yours and mine alone.

Let me give up my virtues to you like a sacrifice upon your altar.

Let me be wrapped in the jealous cloak of your tyranny and shielded by the mask of your malice.

Let me be reviled with you in the shadow for this unwholesome love.

Let me walk forever the rotten path by your side and be your monster.

–unsigned prayer to a villainous beloved