I don’t remember

agreeing to this

These lost hours

This withered soul

Drafts of frigid sorrows

Frozen fingers and

icy tiptoes

balancing

An empty glass

just out of reach

 

Time has chipped away

at this body

and left me empty

Twisting and turning

Anticipating warmth

 

We are all

just a drink away

from sultry heat

Dripping and dropping

our darkest fears

Our untamed desires

 

I drain your spirit

and enchant my lungs

with smoky delight

 

Bare footsteps

leading me to mockery

Fingers that are strange

touch my cheek

An unrecognizable reflection

 

My memory feels young

when my eyes are closed

Remembrances of

flawless adventures

Dreamy sunsets

that never really

fell upon

my pasts horizon

 

I reach for your

ball chain

Placing a pendant

upon it

A blue galaxy

around my neck

You once told me

that it reminded you

of my eyes

Eternally spinning

 

I draw a bath

and draw a drag

Steam and vapor

mix into a blur

 

I just need the water

in my soul

On my flesh

Flowing between

each strand of hair

Liquid roses

to grow a garden

 

A razors edge

to sharpen reality

It cuts into

the back

of my ankle

Drops of blood

seep into liquid

A sting

A burn

bringing me closer

to your short

visitations

Silver and golden

sparkles

hovering above

my pain

 

I blink randomly

when the darkness

invades

You take me there

Into space

Into the depths

of retrospection

Into the spinning

universe

that temporarily

holds me