I fell for you
like breathing
and you welcomed me in.
Who knew
your lips would be so soft?
I didn't.
A part of you that I didn't know
we fixed that.
I learned you new
learned you full and raw and burning sweet.
Learned you with hands and lips
and bare skin everywhere.
Remember when I found you broken
and I kissed you clean
your blood was sharp against my tongue
you licked my red-tinged lips
and called me contagious.
I wanted to keep you there
forever
wrapped in my skin.
But nothing lasts
does it?
Lifetimes tore us apart
ripped you away from me.
Now
the blazing red of you
has gone dull with distance
and here I am
cloaked in heavy silence
as everything fades to gray.
Where are you?
You won't come
even as I drift forgotten from this place
to lift me up
and hold me whole again.
And all I ask is one last chance
to be
what we were
instinct twisted pure.