Dripping peach juice down our chins,
chasing each other in the fiery sunset.
Veins popping out of your arms
begging something I couldn't quite make out....
You would draw me.
Charcoal.
My body blown up on the big screen,
my curves soft like the smoke you were blowing out of your mouth.
The ***** videos,
followed by the sweet ones,
the ones with the sun in my hair,
our laughter electric as we fell down the rabbit hole.
The spray paint we dropped on the roof
as we ran from the sirens in the distance.
Electric, electric, you are my electricity.
No one can catch us if we float on air.
You said
"will you be my girl, will you be bad for me?"
And I slid down the slide, my legs scraping the mulch.
"For you babe. And you only."
The curve of your spine against my arm.
The freckles on your back,
the fine hairs on your neck pressing into my lips.
The warmth.
The light coming through the blinds,
your face illuminated.
You throwing up under the streetlights,
windows fogged, sleepy eyes saying:
cmon love lets just make it home.
Everything is gonna be okay, the police are gone..
Cut your losses, let's make it home.
Christmas trees in bay windows,
we watched them jingle.
I would leave love letters under your pillow,
in your car, whisper them to you as you drove.
Magic.
You're a magic man.
And in your boxes- your hidden treasures..
I would stare at them until you set me under another spell..
Your dark hair wrapped up in my fingers..
Another sunset.
Asleep in the back of your jeep,
in the middle of the woods,
river water burning my throat.
Listening to you *****-
always vomiting,
always kissing.
Peach juice dripping.