devilsmistress

waiting
breathless
the light through the window
falling across your lap
like a golden blanket
across the room
i am caught in your gaze
paralyzing my lungs
like a bullet
and i bleed my desire
into your open hands
you leave a ray
of jealous sunshine
dying on the windowsill
as you part the ocean of empty space
between us
and worship the shadows
between my feet
your fingertips
painting spanish moss and live oaks
onto the skin of my belly
i am shocked
and muted with wonder
at the silken whisper
of your tongue
on my skin
my mouth is full of you
tomorrow i will cry at your absence
at the lack of you
and your eyes
the sound of your eyelashes
brushing the air between our faces
the black hole where your body was
will suck the blood from my veins
and leave my body dry
a desert waiting for rain