To Write the Words of Love
i CRAVE sweet dark night
(we use the nights)
for daylight
daylight betrays SUFFERING eyes
(to hide the bruises)
and
PALE KISSED SKIN
(the blood)
lathered in angry red
(the tears)
"My Love?"
(the GOODBYES)
AND THE MOON BATHES US IN THE BLUES AND BLACKS OF MIDNIGHT
(the secrets)
i CRAVE sweet dark blood
(and lies, lies lies lies)
for it gives
and
ESCAPE
to morning.
(and the words the blade left behind)
"We have forever"
(buried deep inside your mind)
Leaving you wishing that you
had---
____________________
"or so we thought."
Copyright © Rhia Madison Thomer | Year Posted 2009
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