skin like ash
voice like cinder

trickster
linger

make me shiver
make me crash

slither
sinner

they were like two black holes
circling
dancing
so erratic and impure and rich
their union would’ve meant the end of all time

met you
don’t mind me
i liked you
tried hiding

held you
like lightning
my skin
to your liking

kissed you
like diving
no feelings
but sightings

left you
like blinding
for feelings
so striking

found you
residing
in a chest
filled with lining

and still
i’m here
surviving
denying

you might feel small
hiding behind every corner and every wall
but if there’s one thing i’m sure of, let it be this
that you
are as bright
and endless
as the light of all stars
from all the way over here
to the corners of planet mars

stuck in my body
we are as one
come closer
help me
this is his home


i find
splitters of diamond
stuck in my eyes

i knew
when i saw him for the very first time
that this man would cost me a horrendous price

i find ashes and iron
etched into my skin

all of these traces
carrying him
deep into my bloodstream and straight to the heart
he’s my holy drug
my lord
split me apart

i find
succulent tongues
like rumors at night

ensnaring
revolting
neither fear nor fright


i find
that
in every mirror
i see home
and as much as my love for this man
breaks me and builds me all at once
i cannot forget
can’t overcome

but as long as i’m his
and it’s his hands carrying me
i know i can be strong
i promise you
he’ll set me free

hearts flutter
whisper
stutter
moments shutter

and then
you’re
gone