Take my hand
Gently, softly,
Into that candlelit land
Where warmth dances up my arm,
Down my shoulders and chest
And spreads like freed doves from harm
Etiolated autumn leaves succulent to the poisons of your soils; an ephermal cycle
On Valentine's: you gave a poisoned
Laced heart
I did not eat it, I absorbed it
I held it preciously
And through the thin layer of cardboard
My heart began to shrivel and crack
Rose petals are always thorniest when plucked:
My stems torn
My pollens gone
My seeds are born
Etiolated autumn leaves succulent to the poisons of your soils; an ephermal cycle
When our lips touched:
You tasted of strawberry glazed caramel;
Tastes of chocolate soaked raspberries
I wanted more, knowing
More was lethal
Lavender sprinkled shut my lips
Yet somehow you still garnered entrance
I could still feel the flow easing its way
Rising and falling with each pant
Each breath harder, faster
Filling and draining
Soaking and seeping
Etiolated autumn leaves succulent to the poisons of your soils; an ephermal cycle
You hug me when I cry.
You kiss me when I smile.
You hold my hand when I frown.
You sway with me when I doubt.
You tug my ear when I fall.
You sweet talk Cupid and an arrow;
When my mind fogged
When my crown tipped
Your arrow point penetrated vascular veins
Chlorophyll fluids dripped everywhere
Etiolated autumn leaves succulent to the poisons of your soils; an ephermal cycle
I numbed:
Your embrace was empty like my stems;
Your hands were scalding unlike the sun;
Your kisses were bitter like my pollen;
Your love was void unlike my seeds;
You grew on me, but I was stagnate
Tell me: how prickly are cacti when its
Needles have loved from a distance?
Or has love always been the needled cacti?
I stare at a windowless reflection;
Love ages faster than
The heart beats per minute
Listening to mechanic, not organic pulses
A digital sea swims across my face
Facebook clips a single rose
Sways alone
And undresses in the dark
Facebook:
An unclipped root
My automatic diary to you
Locked by Adonis
Forgoed for transgenic weeds
You let them get in your head
Let their whispers linger behind your eyes
Let their voices tickle your brain at night
Let their vacillation tangle your blood
Etiolated autumn leaves succulent to the poisons of your soils; an ephermal cycle
Dreams of photosynthesis under shadows
Of peeling back the leaves in the morning
Grinding nuts for toppings to breakfast
Drawings that won't wither,
That will look back
That smile
That say: "my garden's healthier
Without you,
Flourishing without you"
Revitalized
Etiolated autumn leaves succulent to the poisons of your soils; an ephermal cycle
You took my aroma; de-thorned me;
De-flowered me; destroyed me
Dissected me in pieces
But I remain beautiful
I remain powerful
I remain everything you envy
You wish to have
You want
I'm your reality
But you're hardly my expectation
Our paradise isn't where the apples are
It's where the snake rattles
Etiolated autumn leaves succulent to the poisons of your soils; an ephermal cycle
If I was a Love Poet I'd:
Update my past from you
Upload my present to me
Upgrade my future to greener pastures
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