i remember there was a thunderstorm that night those flickering candles and the scent of the rain something more intense was happening inside on that old couch in the backyard studio with paint on your hands you were painting me right eyes closed, lips locked, i could feel each stroke of your scrappy fingertips on my thighs the sky roared furiously and so did you waking up the demons that had long died i wanted more; both you and the storm i wanted just some more time