I watched as you came home from a long shift at work. She greeted you at the door with a kiss, which you returned - albeit reluctantly. I saw the look in your eyes, resigned to yet another dreary day of keeping her occupied and happy. You looked so sad. I wanted to come to you right then and take you away with me. But I had to wait until the time was right. I needed you willing and ready. As you slept I kept watch over you, wanting with every breath to creep in and carry you off to my world. I watched her sleep beside you. So innocent to your feelings. So secure in her world that she never would have known the thoughts that raced through you, wishing she weren't there so you could reach out for the forbidden love I could offer you. The things I could give you that she could not. Just the thought of being with me drove you wild with desire, but all you knew was but a whisper in your ear. You could hear me, feel me, smell me, but you could not touch me. I was but a phantom to you. A dream you could not name. But I waited and bid my time, just holding out until the time was right. And yet still, every time you slept I watched you through the window, whispering the desires in to your mind, the wants in to your loins, and the beats in to your heart.
Day after day, night after night, I watched you struggle with the desires you could only taste but not quench. I watched as you gave to her what I wanted so badly, what I knew you gave only to keep the pain of lust at bay. What you needed to do to keep from going mad. And every time I breathed my longing into your mind you shivered with anticipation. I watched the emotions cross your sleeping features. And it drove me wild beyond my imagination; I burned to touch you. I ached to press my lips against the throbbing pulse of your neck. I hungered to taste the sweat upon your warm soft skin. And every time you touched her to ease the desires that rocked your body I died a little inside. When you looked into her eyes my heart stopped beating a little. My blood ran cold. And all I wanted was to take you, please you, have you as my own.
I walked up to you in the coffee shop. I smiled into your mind. I breathed my name on the wind. You looked up from your book and saw me gazing across the room at you. You smiled in absent recognition. You knew me. But you didn't know how. You felt a wave of longing that threw you. I saw the uncertainty in you. You were afraid. As you gazed around the room I could see you waver. She waited at home, cooking your meals, doing your laundry, cleaning your home, cramping your world. You wanted, and needed, escape. If only for a short while. I whispered your name into the air. And ruffled your hair with the breeze of my breath. And I left it at that. I got up and left. And felt your eyes on me as I passed through the door. And it felt good to leave you hanging with unresolved desire. Burning inside with anticipation of me.
You returned day after day to the same coffee shop. I watched as you looked around the room with each visit, hoping to catch a glimpse of the woman who had tempted you with her gaze. I watched you leave in resignation and walk home with a heavy heart, and a deepening melancholy in your mind. You thought of me with every breath, with every step, with every movement. You dreamt of me. Felt my desire in your soul, smelled my breath with every sip of drink or bite of food, felt the feather touch of me every time I caressed your mind with mine. And I waited until I knew you could stand it no longer. If you didn't find me you would surely rip the skin from your body. And every time she touched you you cringed knowing that she was no longer the one would could quench the raging heat of your needs.