hands run along the arch

as the skin

of the fruit ripens, the trial these fingers

leave, blazes with a need to follow.



to your light

digest me

and my shadows.

leave your glitter



for me to find.

a year later

take with you

my independence.



conjure the beast of evolution.

as i grip and sink

my teeth into your openings.

savory every drip is.



there’s been a thirst

to restore.

all that was once lost.

now, i wait



while the drought approaches.

from over the mountains

a tainted view, as the clouds part ways.

to reveal all that is ahead.



the future holds with it

a spear of truth.

tempted to pierce all that stands.

before my feet, the love for you



that comes with grief.

seeping through

the walls of my sanity.

until this room is no longer vacant



but before then.

i will cherish the juice that drips.

onto my lips

through this fruitful kiss.