sweet this life that rushes beneath your flesh
from your beating breast
the pulse that speeds your essence to my lips
your cold fingertips
and sighs of dying
as I bleed you to darkness

the slow cool puncture beneath the bruise
the sultry flow like aging wine
dark and fragrant
and I am consumed in your vein
like the rust that bleeds between your thighs
rivers of blood
from the walls to your inner tomb/womb
your life puddles on satin sheets
leaving you barren—leaving me breathless
the destroyer of life & not the creator of it

manifest | covet | exhume | possess | bleed | breathe
 gaze  |  sacrifice  | writhe  |  stalk | lust | expose
intercourse