A modern day Henry VIII
You royally ******* me over.
We get ****** up and my head starts spinning

You giggle out an apology...
                                                      ­                                                                  *******.

I k-k-k-keep re-reading the line above your eyebrow
Stupid, stupid boy.
I gag on the taste of your breathing,
Your face so close our eyelashes interlock.

Strumming your fingers on my rib cage,
you crack my chest wide open.

****, ribs, and heartbeats.
You embed yourself between my lungs
Pressing palms into my spinal chord.

You fill me until I threaten to fall apart, only to gingerly remove yourself.

                                                      ­                         *I think I'm growing up

Goodnight, you said
Goodbye, I said
And you Never
Thought Twice About  It

I knew that everyone is handed
one chance
to experience this world
as it spins in the darkness of space,
but more importantly I knew
that you only get
so many spins.

It's our very first night together
I'm resting my head
On your chest
My hand on your shoulder
Your arm around me
Playing with my hair
Gently stroking it
Helping me fall asleep
Your other hand
Holding onto my arm
gently moving your thumb
Up and down
Reassuringly
I can hear your heart beat
Your heart as big and strong as Pharlaps
Your arms tightly round me
Holding me
Making me feel safe and happy
Genuinely happy
After the party we crashed on the floor
Even though it was the worst sleep
I've ever had
Because of the little space we shared on the hard floor
It was one of the best sleeps
Just because you were there
You move and your cheek is pressed against mine
I can feel your breathe on my neck
You moved your hand into my sleeping bag
And pull my top
And gently rub my back
I giggle quietly cause it tickles on my side
It starts to get cold
So I move closer to your chest and you hold me tighter
I fell your warmth
I press icy fingertips
On your burning skin
I drift off to sleep
Not for long anyways
My whole body twitches
I think I'm falling and scares me awake
And you pull me closer to you
And I instantly feel better
It's sort of mushy really
I felt better with your arm around me
As I fall gently asleep on your chest
Feeling the steady rhythm
Of your heart
And hearing your heavy breathing pattern
We slowly fall asleep
In each other's arms
Happy
And safe

I broke my bones
into sticks
and stones

I let them
pile for
a fire

in the end left
to question,
a burning confession:
was it you
who lit
the match?