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poems about love & desire.

The Price

Invoke my name

Tell me I am your religion

Tell me that you worship me

Show me your altar

And give yourself to me

This is love

Devotion of a pious nature

Tell me you’d kiss the ground I walk on

Let me sink my teeth into your neck

God giveth and god taketh

One kiss, ever closer to Heaven

Do you know what I ask of you?

The price you pay?

It’s your soul

Carts

I wish upon a star

no matter how far you go,

I will always

Push the shopping cart

Arby's The Musical

You ever see someone

And you’re just like

Oh yeah,

I would totally,

Absolutely,

Without a doubt,

Take you to Arby’s

Melt

You see, my love

I must be so strong for everyone

Is it okay if I’m not strong for you?

Is it okay if I fall apart with you?

Is it okay if I melt away with you?

Will you still love me?

You fall in love with broken things

And you try to fix them

And you cut your hands on the brokenness

And call it sacrifice

LUNA

Will you touch me in moonlight?

Caress beneath these covers

One eye open to witness wonder

Bereaved, before my heart bespoke

O, who shall save me, Lord?

Who has the key?

You’ve struck a curious chord

Sacred. Sacrament. Sacrilegious.

Now, a kiss before we part?

Confessions

I’m sorry I never loved myself enough

And got lost in you instead

I’m sorry I never said anything

I was too scared

I’m sorry if I ever came off weird, or distant, or far away

I didn’t know how to get close

I didn’t know if I wanted to get close

I didn’t know if it was safe for me to get close

The Universe has a funny way of speaking to me

Through you

Through the space I make between us

And I keep trying to guess the reason why

And this too, I get lost in

IF I CAN REACH YOU

cold metal lies beside my lips

I wonder if I can reach you

the void says nothing back

but i sliver my spells into it anyway

maybe if i speak softly enough

it’ll reach you

wherever you are

and if i close my eyes tight

you’re already here

to catch my spells

and whisper some back

as i drift off into…

WHY MUST YOU TEMPT ME SO?

to the wisps who whisper

roses against my neck

and ivy on my lips

i close my eyes

to taste ecstasy though fleeting

and when i open i am awake

alone

the sheets don’t cover me fully

i turn on my side

i shiver

why must you tempt me so?

i know not who i ask

A GUARDED CELLAR

my heart lies in a garden

guarded by moondust lions

at the center

a titian core tinged with scarlet

it burns

so hot that all who touch become dust

so i remain, chained.

never to be touched.

never to be held.

& never to be kissed.

i only know thirst when it scorches my throat

i only know sweat when i am taken by force

i only know heat when i am frozen hoarse.

oh, it burns

it burns

MEET ME THERE

west of here, not east

follow the magnolias

the ones my father planted

lavender will lead you to me

breathe deeply and follow the scent

it’s mine too

you know it well

and i know yours

it’s the place we dream

for we have yet to see the flesh

but many a nights we’ve met

behind the rushing downpour

i will await you there

deep within there’s a spring.

a heat bubbles within

life grows here, how i do not know

there are magnolias there

and spider lilies

and lotus flowers

i’ll await you there at midnight.

you’ll come. won’t you?

i long to see you.

if not in flesh, come nonetheless

i’ll understand

it took me many nights to find my way here

brambles caught my clothes

shadows led me astray

i mistook nightshade for magnolias

and i died many times.

but how else would i have found you?

for my flesh does not know you but my heart …

in death it knows. it darkness it sees.

so i will wait for you.

perhaps you mistook magnolia for nightshade too

and you have many more times to die.

my love is in the space between my palms when i pray

time means nothing.

and so is the space between us

meet me there.

SCHISMS

can i long

and be still?

waiting at the mouth of the sea

ocean spray before me

can i long

and be still?

when the schism in my soul

speaks of the rifts between us

can i long

and be still?

is that how i remain whole?

and not torn-folded

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