paranoia laces my concentrated kisses
like a lipstick layer to taint him
- feet shuffling on new ground
eyes sleeping in beds of phobia
my mantra dances with my tongue
though words do not erase me, you, us
nor the lies i painted for him & my guise
that thickened my skin and blanketed truths
my hip burns with his veteran touch
and i am flooded with sin and numbness
that drowns those nights and my prayers
and implants the seed that will bury me
my eyes bleed and swim in the vapour
of long lost demons and dreamt angels
the liquid of mouth, vein, woman
- my contradictory organ
yet this untouched soil is delicious
and hungry lips yearn to devour
the fruit he bears, lust he oozes
without memories of entombed faces
the tales they tell
and the crosses i bear |
|
