You breathe my name into
your chest, letting me settle
like dust into your bones.
Tethering me to this moment,
eyes fierce, burning as vibrant
as tiger lilies in a vengeful sun.
Your fingers burning holes in
our sheets, leaving remnants
of their disgust in my scars.
Even to this day I cannot stay
up for the sunrise, I find your
taste infused on my tongue.
And I'm still left to wonder if it
was Lucifer I saw in your eyes
or the gods that condemned me.
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"Love is not painful.
The absence of love is painful."
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