CW: Deliverance, Mia Lehmkuhl

Deliverance

Mia Lehmkuhl

CW: Assault

i stole something from the heavens itself i grasped an angel by her wings and dragged her down to Adamah as we fell from grace she clawed the air hoping to catch even the slightest breeze in between crushed feathers

i clutched her close until her shallow breaths thundered church bells into my ears and her shrieks opposed the trumpets of revelation sounding in alarm to her sudden absence i confess this is no task of the devil just a selfish man in an even more selfish world

i sought out purity and ripped it out of her i snaked my hand down the base of her neck seizing beads of dew on my fingertips

her body writhed in desperation to exorcise her of my possession

as i traced a finger delicately down the parted sea of her breasts her heart thumps against the wood and nail rivaling the fury of Abaddon himself after what had been done the trumpets sounded no more for her wings lay dead beside her and her halo fell in gleaming shards at her lap i left her there in the revelations of my deeds then i put on my Sunday best and fastened my clerical collar.