i do not wish to

soak
      bathe
swim
immerse
            linger

in

your scent.


for it is a reminder that you are not mine.

when you are done,
you leave me behind.

your scent,
in the place I sleep.


your scent,
                                               suffocating me.

a reminder that we,
play for no keeps,
just our scents,
smothered in sheets.