ONE
i'm home
alone
cleaning
doing chores
uneventful
another day - but lovely
the sun is out and the sky is clear
warm but not hot
shorts weather
drinking coffee with my feet up and the doorbell sounds
i open the door and there is no one there
i look across the street and down the block in both directions
and there is no one
i am alone
but
there is a wooden box at my doorstep
it's lovely
smooth like alabaster
but wood
crafted perfectly
like by an ancient artisan who has honed his craft over a lifetime
no seams are visible but there is a top
it comes off
and inside
it is lined with velvet
red
skocking red against the green of the grass and the blue of the sky and the brown of my life
and agsint the shocking red
is a card
perfect again
and i open it as i go inside
inside
because this is too much
too secret
this - i know is not for the world to see
inside where i can be alone with this exquisite box and the card from no one
and inside i clear the table
so the box is alone
alone with me
and i open it again
and the card is there and i open it
the card reads....
midnight tonight
only that
and i flip it over
and there is only one word...
submit
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TWO
the time draws nearer
all day i wonder who
who sent this?
i have suspicions
i wonder
what is it?
i wonder what the future will hold
as i clean and busy myself with my daily tasks so i don't have to wonder
yet i only wonder more
and my imagination runs on and on
and the time draws nearer and i'm at a loss
what do i wear?
to submit?
do i go?
to submit...
i don't want to admit it, but i'm so curious
but
it's real
and i'm nervous
i want to...
i don't know
what do i want?
and the time draws nearer
and the sun dips in the sky
and i wonder
and i wonder
and this is worse than anything that could happen
so i dress casually and neatly like for job interview
but this wil be no interview
the note said submit
submit
to whom?
how?
my heart pounds in my chest
make up?
i'm so nervous
i slip into nice panties
and look at myself in the mirror
god and i doing this?
am i really going to go
i change the panties to my t-top g-strings
and my bra
the nice one that give me cleavage
i slip on my dress and head to the window
and the time draws near
and nearer
and then the phone rings
i cross the room to answer it
hello
nothing
my heart pounds
click
silence
and there is a knock at the door
this is real
my legs tremble as i cross the room to my door
am i doing this
in a way, am i already submitting?
is this enough?
my heart pounds and my breath is short
i stop with my hand on the knob to control my breath
to slow my heart
and i open the door
a chauffeur stands there
neatly dressed
professional
i'm here to escort you ma'am
of course
my voice cracks as i say it so i repeat it
of course
the man goes to the curb as i lock the door behind me
he opens the door to his limo
black and long
luxurious
for me?
i think and chuckle to myself
as i get to the car, he removed a small wooden box from his coat and gives it to me
i go to get in and he stops me
no ma'am, you must open it now
so i do
it's the same boxmaker as before
clearly
it's beautiful and seamless
thin as a wallet and light
i pop it open and inside there is a blindfold
i look at the driver and ask if i must wear it
he explains
you're not to know where we i take you
will i be hurt?
i've told you all i'm allowed
and so....
i bind my eyes
and i enter the car
the door closes
the motor hums
and we start to move
and i'm no longer wondering as i was
i'm strangely calm
trusting
safe
i feel now that i have already done what the letter told me to do
submit
but
there is that sense of nervous....
excitement
and wonder
yes wonder
of what lay ahead
THREE
the ride is smooth
languid maybe
if a car ride can be languid
i think that it's a waste to be blindfolded in a car with all this room
isn't the point of the limo to be in a car with all that space?
as quickly as i think this, the answer comes to me
the answer is in the blindfold
yes
the limo is a thing of opulent space
and the blindfold is there to deny it to me while at the same time i'm there in the space
and suddenly...
i'm a little nervous
i don't know where i'm going
and whoever has arranged this has thought this out completely
this experience
this night
the day
all of it
it's working itself into the core of me
affecting me at a deep psychological level
and even as i think this
i realize...
i'm thinking too much
and the smooth ride
the humm of the motor and the faint sound of the tires on the pavement and the slight vibration on the floor of the car
the motion
the movement
the going forward
it's all calming
and i flow with it
i relax myself with it
and i enjoy it
not just the ride
not just the luxury of the car
but
and almost more
the denial of it
and though nothing has happened
no pass has been made and the driver never looked at me or said anything to inspire this
i find myself geting turned on
the softness of the blindfold pressed cool and firl to my eyes
the darkness
completely enveloping
and the motion of the car
and then
after what must have been an hour of driving we stop
i hear the driver open his door and walk around to mine
he opens the door
i ask him
may i remove the blindfold now?
yes ma'am
so i do
and i see before me a mansion
looming in flickering torches in the moonless but star-lit night
cauldrons of flame line the stairs that sweep up to the main entrance
an enormous door of dark wood open enough to see the light inside
there is no one there
there is no music but for the wind - gentle and slight and cool
do i go in there?
yes ma'am
i step away from the car and onto the first step
the driver walks around to the driver's seat
gets in and drives away
and i'm completely alone
the lights of the limo disappear into the darkness of the night
and i look back at the house
and my heart starts again
but i've come this far