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Like Severus and Lily,
We came to each other by chance.
I transfigured myself into your life
Already on a pedestal,
Our words chaining ourselves
To each other
Until death.

Years have passed
Without so much as a flicker between us
But here you stand
Today
With the words of our pasts
Strung together and hanging like frayed ropes from your wrists.

In my dreams you come to me
With your hand outstretched,
A snake burrowed into the cuff
Of your long sleeved,
Blue-collar work shirt.
I do not hesitate to take it.
I am bitten.

I wake up in a cold sweat,
The snake of men past
Now burrowed next to me
In the king sized bed.
I am not afraid
But I do not trust.
 Jan 2017 Ana Sweeney
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falling
 Jan 2017 Ana Sweeney
rjh
drunk and confused,
hands stumble in the dark:
thigh,
waist,
move up the arm,
fingers in her hair,

god, she's so soft
she smells like marshmallow creme;
tastes even better

hand on the cheek
smile and giggle through the kisses
we're holding hands with fingers locked tight

can't get enough of each other
i don't want to pull away
but i want to see her face again,
i want to tell he how much i love her,
want to count her endless freckles again, stop at sixty-four

kiss her eyelids
note how long her beautiful, light eyelashes are
kiss her on the mouth again
and again and again and again

can't stop smiling
don't want to stop smiling,
falling,
hard,
fast,
out of control

i want this forever.
i want her forever.
she broke my heart 3 weeks ago, but i don't mind.
Oh Monster,
     That lives inside of me,
             Devour the demons that drown me ..
The siren's song overwhelmed his senses,
So easily convinced he was her one and only,
A sheep in man's clothing,
Waiting eagerly to be sheared of everything he had of value,
A willing participant in his own destruction.
 Jan 2017 Ana Sweeney
Maya
Wave
 Jan 2017 Ana Sweeney
Maya
Silver horses crash,
elevating waves foam as
sailors drift in silence.
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Winter sleeps in peace.
Magic slipping through the wind;
warmth of the humble.
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