i
can’t
catch
my
breath
ure fingertips map my body
& trail their heat behind them
like comets burn
across the sky
i cry
not to be let go
alone
in the darkened sky
&
u hear me
&
shine on me
&
allow me to glow
the way i know
is best for me
please
enter me
gently
this ragged vessle
curls
tenderly
under ure command
my teacher
my tutor
my hands
can’t bear another touch
they
kindle
w/ ure nimble words
& streak soot
across ure lips
dismiss
the daylite &
bid the raven tresses
of my mother
to fill the sky
& no longer deny me
ure eyes
how i die
without ure embrace
how i crave
to taste
the happiness u promise
but fear
makes me quick
devising clever tricks to keep u @ bay
away
from the talk of what the future
may have in store
i want more
than is possible
more than is plausible
to blame on u
if only i never wanted to
be w/ u
seeing me thru
the tears in ure eyes
i have no will
no strength
to lie
fresh out of alibies
to rescue me from this
feeling
that i have
no control
over the rapid boil
my blood
has risen to
hot w/ the knowing
that in
ure
mouth
i will burst
& cease
to be