prey.
one word.
one unambiguous word.
prey.
you, prey.
I. Prey.
one word.
a universe of intentions.
I prey, but entwined with
I desire.
you – prey, but entwined with
fierce, singular, selfhood.
I prey on your raised
selfhood.
(bared ass, all fours, caught, defile, devoured)
you – prey, of a mind, of a moment.
of surrender.
somewhere in the middle.
we prey together.
you were a dream I had
more light than thought
more thought than real
more real than waking
you were a dream I had
and you were
poised
placed
positioned
and you
pleaded
promised
part
ed
to
invite
me
in
you are my vessel
meant
for drowning
i fill you with
the way your leg looks
hooked over the edge of the tub
the droplets that gather
in concave and curve
tiny mirrors shaped
by your breasts
until
the weight of my regard
tips you over
do not pity Midas
for turning love to gold
envy him
for capturing a moment
forever
if I had his gift
you would be an altar
for my sins
little red went riding
and found the woods too cold
now she’s nestled next to me
I’m never so possessive,
but in want
for a gold
(empty)
chalice
for me
to
fill
you are.
I knew the girl, but lost her name.
where her heart was kept
was not the same
I knew the shape, her silvered need
but not how deep the cut
to see her bleed
I lined each blade within a row
gave each a word (a word she’d know).
and I waited by the tower built
touched each edge, each blade and hilt.
there is a beauty to a curve that
doesn’t quite end, it just
becomes another curve
like a smile
or silk
like a kimono showing
a bared shoulder
is a curve
you
are a curve
I crack nails on stone to find rich soil
mold clay into flesh
and flesh into place
heat my hands between your thighs
so I can temper skin
into marble
a smooth
perfect
cage
I set chisel to bone
and wait for
“Please.”
lean into it
shell cracked, lines split
topology and braille
I never loved you so much as when your imperfections were mine to trace.
time is measured observation
I mark mine by your breath
unbidden or coaxed
in ease or labored
promised or stolen
I count them all.