How could you affect me still? Even these pages cannot forget Outlines of shadows staining their surface Soaking up your soft, fading scents of cemeteries and midnight walks Haunting my dreams, driving me mad With wanting the unattainable I lick parched lips from a desert mouth Tasting salt and sand Unable to erradicate the memory of your teeth Penetrating. Every. Thought. Lush and violent retaliation lashes through me How could I abstain? To heady of a high to not fully submerge myself In the black ,depthless veil just before dawn Pulling me under, deep, just like you Alone. Just like you