Noon's boiling sun allows no shade.
   Poison creatures slither and click
   quick to bite or sting warning you
   stay away from their parched paradise.

Vacate your premises! It's only
a moment's notice. I thought
I owned my body but loud
heartbeats in my old ears and
stumbling to ground I knew
I'd be cremated or buried in
a day before I decompose.
Just go ahead and forgive me.

You tease biting your nail and
looking for my beast to eat your
beauty. I hunger nights to eat
you and know your fierce thirst.