The hand of darkness
Swallowing me whole
Time leaves no trace
Perhaps we were never
Two souls beating in tangent
Urgency flooding veins
A build of want till
All is naught, begun again
My hand outstretched
Your mouth, oh your mouth
Red for pressing closer
Embrace loss before she damns you further
Every day hence
Your eyes in my head
The shapes of trees bending against wind
I ache within myself
For your solace and brand of hurt
Like match struck on earth we burn
Fumes and fire, the careless touched by scour
Here you left your mark my breast bone
Exposed to cold, your lips devouring skin
What colors we make unknown
As moon is echoed in deep dark water
I am restless, destroyed, parched
Without your sustaining force
The weight of your need, absorbing air
They say no one feels that long
We all give in to loss eventually
I turn in my mind to the memory
Only yesterday, only now
Slow removal of touch, still the impression
Like shadowed dream crosses from one place to another
I follow
When you are lost
I uncover
The hide of us
Secreted in promises broken
Still the shards of glass glitter
I see you hold one to our throat
I see you cleanly slice us through
Division and sewn for next season
Deep in fecund earth I stay
Your taste on my lips, your smell infusing
For I am a thing of your interest
Existing when you create
The words whispered in darkness
Come here, come closer, stay
Oh stay …