I woke with my lips beneath your fingers
As you traced the outline of a kiss.
You drew me closer, and then whispered
Some words I can't easily dismiss.
I got hooked to the moment, like a winner
Engulfed by the feeling of morning bliss.
Then I crawled back under the sheets, with terror
Thinking that those words lead only to brokenness
- to a rope led down into the dark abyss.