came here into
nothing
gave in with the
ghost
we live in silent
mornings
& white russians
with our toast

she peaks at night
a delicate dance born to her
dreaming
she twists her toes
improperly
but I love her when she's
scheming
so gently into my pulse's
heavy beating

god probably sold her those feet
on clearance
'cause heaven only knows
where she found such
cadence

a tiptoe into my
whisper
a beckoning for a
fire's stir
to her screams do I awaken
only to find
absence
& a fear left long
unshaken