Choker

 i choked

and choked again,

on such longing i could not spit out.

Yes,

desire is so very different

when God bore you 

hungry...

Light Showers

 Shower?

an intimacy i never knew

naked time spent together

without being sensual

back to back

shoulder to shoulder

chest to chest

sharing our frames 

in their entirety

the giggles

and the whispers

as steam fills the room

fogging the mirror

washing each others' day away

Rub a Dub

 Soaping together

is sacred to us.

Washing each other's shoulders.

You can fuck anyone-

but with whom can you sit in water?

You're Either First Or Last

 i will never

be the first

of so many things for you,

i cam too late,

after life and love 

were woven into the tapestry

of your existence.

i care not

about lost firsts,

but i will fight,

knuckles bloody and teeth sharpened,

for your lasts.

Take the old firsts

and put them to rest,

silent below the dirt

and ash of all the new ones

we will burn through.

Take them, but give me

the lasts

This Is The Way

 i like the way

your name tastes in my mouth

and rolls off my tongue

in such gentle silkiness

i like the way the thought of you 

tumbles and bounces

around the hills and valleys

in my head and gently

rests in the quiet recesses

of my most innocent subconscious

i like the way you fit

in what remains of my heart.

Smitten For You

i really like the word "smitten":

because at first glance 

you just think of sappy lovey-dovey stuff

but also you have to remember

this is a word that is born of the word "smite".

A devastating word.

A word that, summarized means stricken.

Smitten means stricken as well

-struck with devastating affection.

Writing Exercise

 i was surely written for you and you for me

The Writer of all writers

has ordered us to be.

i shall not gaze at another

but keep praying for each other,

You are my peace

my firend and beloved

in your eyes

i see home

and that's where

i shall end

Standing Tall

 You are a church 

of broken glass and Hallelujahs

you are haunted

like every other holy thing

what tried to destroy you

didn't have the strength

STILL you stand

sturdy and smelling of smoke

That Fits

 it is such a fitting punishment

for a monster

to want something so much-

to hold it in your arms-

and know beyond a doubt

you will never deserve it.

Scavengers

 Vultures

are holy creatures

tending the dead

bowing low

bared head

Whispers to cold flesh

"Your old name is not your King,

i rename you 'Everything'"

Masterpiece

 And she carves

her hips into mine

like she is 

Michelangelo

and i am something

holy

Stuck In Amber

 The only thing better

than a perfect sunset,

is watching the final drops

of amber light 

dance across 

your perfect form

Too Easy

 This thing

they call love-

it was never easy 

for people like us

and yet

falling for you

was anything but hard