deep words drown the sound
the low hum of my love
a whisper in your ear
as sleep overcomes you

falling into a cozy doze
memories of yesterday
and thoughts of a soft tomorrow
another day of loving you

swimming through warm tides
flying through breezy skies
landing in your arms
and waking up in a dream

window glows with sunlight
your eyes drowsy and heavy
my lips touch yours
please stay with me forever

i am lost in a dark sleep
a never-ending maze of demons
haunting ivy crawling on stone
rotting wood covered in moss

i wind around corners
meeting new horrors with each step
a figure with no face
a beast with ****** fangs

i try to run but my feet are concrete
slowly consuming my legs
becoming one with my flesh
yet i persevere

i see a light through a thick fog
my heartbeat cracks the concrete
i rush with the wind
breathing in salvation

i break through the fog
light pours over my body
bathing me in life and love
i am reborn

less
of my body
belongs to me
because of you

i wander through the desert
until the soles of my feet turn tough
my sweat feeds salt back into the earth
the sky grows darker with each step

as the moon rises over the mountains
my body grows weary and slow
yet my legs do not stop
the air freezes my mouth shut

i run through the desert
a coyote howls behind me
i see my blood dripping from its teeth
my flesh rotting in the sand

the sun rises but i am still afraid
i pass an animal skull half-buried
and imagine that it is my own
vultures pecking at my brain

i crawl through the desert
exhausted from dehydration
sharp rocks grating against my hands
my blood soaking into the ground

an oasis appears before me
clear water shimmering with temptation
as i crawl closer and reach out for a sip
my mouth fills with sand

i lie in the desert
burning deeper into my fate
my skin glows cracks red
smoldering lava in my bones

hundreds of years later
my body finally returns to the earth
bits of me scatter across the land
as i wander with the wind

she looks at herself in the mirror
and wonders how she got here
standing like a conqueror
who won the battle
but she doesn’t realize
the war has just begun

his tongue moves up her inner thigh
she floats in a dream
the white pillow her cloud
and she thinks he is an angel
a bright star on her darkest days

but he was never a star
he was a meteorite
that crashed in her garden
leaving a crater of fire
consuming every living thing

four years have passed
but the fire still burns
those bittersweet memories
rotate through her mind
like a slideshow
she can’t turn off

now
whenever she wears that bra
she remembers herself in the mirror
and wishes she could go back
as a whisper
and tell herself
he’s a demon
do not trust him

even though
she’s washed her body
thousands of times
since he last touched it
it will never be enough

desperate embrace
on a mall parking deck
the holy haze
of a summer mistake

please stop right now
before it’s too late
a budding flower grows
but death is her fate

a feather pink gown
stained with blood red
a whisper so low
but it’s a scream in her head

lay her down on the bed
like a doll with no eyes
play pluck panic
confuse her with lies

crumpled up paper
she lies on the ground
taken out with the trash
sink deep deeper drown

where to go from here
the map shrinks smaller
her mind fills with darkness
until there’s nothing left

her bright red lips
the pale blue sky
the sway of her hips
the twinkle in her eye

her soft curved frame
her dark night hair
the fall of the rain
whispering “i care”

her sweet honey voice
her tender tickle touch
i have made my choice
i love you oh so much