Acknowledge my smile, return it, Yet love is still deferred by the glass planes Of your ribs, guarding your heart from my greedy hands.
Like a serpentβs tongue my own seeks its home, Behind my lips that belong against yours, That taste of fruit from the garden of Eden.
I cannot help that glutton plagues me Of the lust and love of your throbbing pulse, Satiate my wanton needs and my aching veins.
Desperately, I cried, like the watchmaker, Whose palpitations become erratic when he hath no business, And when he cannot fix something so simple as the cadence of his own heart.