Tag: love

are you sorry
are you sorry you ever saw me?
do you hate me
for promising i’d never hurt you
and lying? 

i’ve only shown you new ways to
hurt for the same old reasons
i’ve only made myself someone
you can’t really believe in.

serpentina // a.s.m

love child of earth and blood
and purpling sky, with
eyes that need only glance
to pry 
open doors that have long been
bolted shut.
those eyes
a mix of dirt and blood;
sway me into a
drunken stupor, consume me
with your cabernet eyes.

cabernet eyes // a.s.m

by your side
i dream of other skies
other times 
even other cities

in two-car gridlock
bittersweet stalemate
no moves to make but 
everything at stake

i dream of breaking the 
glass and bleeding
and healing.

gridlock // a.s.m

i never wanted
to need you, 
but i closed my eyes and
unclenched my heart 
and now, when you’re gone,
sometimes
i’m lost. 

you have become a refuge. 
you lead me 
with open palms and 
bare soles
to the patch of 
sun on the asphalt
while the earth crumbles
around me. you sit cross-legged
and teach me how to smile again 
when the muscles in my face
forget.
 
you kiss me, with lips
like warm blankets, and
i am secure
amidst the chaos. 

you engulf me like 
the sea, and
i am drowning in
your serenity.

i never thought drowning could be so peaceful // a.s.m

you were famished
from birth, waiting for
this world to give you your fill. 
i tripped into your arms, 
you came in for the kill.

you bite
with ravenous lips
and starving eyes; 
part of you is born and
part of me dies.

blood donor // a.s.m