Sepia

Sip the slide of spilled champagne Feel it glide through every vein Scented by the rose red lips Aghast beheld by rapture's grip Scars reflect in mannequin eyes Silent screams and splintered sighs Famished with a tongue that's tied Stuck in place; nowhere to hide Love stained sheets stacked layers deep With every page left incomplete Flyblown how it always goes The suffocating ties of a forgive me rose Prolonged tones kept secret deep Ache your dreams in twilight sleep Failed your heart of required rest The heat runs steep within your breast Ignoring signs that divulge in play Mocking ignorance still kept at bay Ingest the cup of a costly regret Mouth his name in one last breath Or carve the dread you often apprise And sip the slide of sweet red wine