She looked

and

saw past

what I had become

Under the weight

of loneliness

Where I wear the universe

like a cloak

pressed around me

pinned

holding me close

dragging me closer

to the black hole

of its wild womb

~

She gathers up the shards

of warm fire laughter

and voices

that weave into my bones

and the monster

I have become

~

There in my darkness

She kissed me

She kissed me deep

I looked

and showed her my darkness

So what

she replied

Together we became

a frenzy

of a lunar dance

Intimacy on fire

the alchemy of souls

wanting to be a part of her

wanting to be a part of me

Want giving way

to need

A need to consume you

thus consume me

Sweetly

And I found light

I glistened

as she bathed me

in her translucent

essence

washing away

what I had become