Pain radiates through my body,
like blood scrapes through vessels;
Air spills out of my bare lungs,
like soft water rushing down a river;
It’s love shatters my heart,
like glass broken by a wielded, naked metal;
It grits at my body,
Like gasoline bruised by a burning flame.

              Lick at the soft temple buried in my bare heart,
                              Blaze with astonishing fire;
                    Soften at the scrape of a single whisper,
                                    Morph into dust;
         Quiver at my single touch, breath, look, voice, emotion;
             Be mine to hold stripped of shame, hesitancy, lust;
                              Be mine to hold as yourself.

                                                               ­                            I burn with desire,
                                                         ­                       To feel flesh among skin;
                                                           ­        I urge for the need to evaporate,
                                                      ­                               To be inhaled by him;
                                                            ­     The pain that throbs in my heart,
                                                Like a vessel split loose by a burning need;
                                                           ­                     To feel flesh among skin,
                                                           ­                          To be inhaled by him.