slivering smoke
sinking down my throat
sends satisfying shivers
up my spine.

lurking, living
spirals making me
alive with a lightheaded high
creeping behind
my glassy eyes.

your velvet finger's
soft trails linger
deeper than my skin
could let you touch.

it makes me want to save my breath;
to know your kiss
is waiting at the other end.

choices flowing at my feet
i find myself wandering
in a muddy river bend.

i could choose
to make you
my silent surrender
to my ending hunger
of the comfort
you provide.

or i could mess up again
just get addicted
to the way you smile
because of mine
and the way
you send shivers
up my spine.

spinning smoke
exhaled with a jolt
a cough, a sneeze
a retch, i feel
the weak need
to sit down.


*a.r.h

i find it refreshing
to breathe you in.
the soft in your scent
settles the wars in my head
in the moments
my face is against your neck.

with every kiss
you sing a song
of content and peace,
satisfaction strong
and i cant say that ive ever felt
this serenity
that you leave behind
in our embraces
with anyone else.

your fluttering eyelashes
and dilated pupils
gently set my soul at ease

im finally enough
and it feels free.

*a.r.h

the sick you left
spiraling through my soul
wasting me away
is burning slowly
releasing poison flakes
ashes dancing in the wind's
soft summer exhale.

and the lifting of toxin
no longer weakening my light
makes me feel awake
an ancient savoir id thought i lost.

*a.r.h