let us have this dream
this great wash
this tide of you to leave me winded
familiar skin
braised in trepidation
lost in you
my dove, my lamb
cradled by your moonlight
your
careful, precise, thoughtful love
your
squalid, miserable, vulgar love
your
wild, unbridled, consuming love
your
charming, tender, beautiful love
lost in you
my dove, my lamb
cradled by your viciousness
i’ll cry when you leave today
and not because i no longer have you,
but because i once did
- n.nigro (2014)