When we are alone
we come alive
petals of our selves
unfold
when fingers touch

your taste
banishes my demons
fills me up
makes me hunger for...

your blood
spilt on steel
the color of
your rage
betrays your secret

you are. . . beautiful
Raised in Black.

Sylph
February 3, 2002

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So long I've supressed this midnight hunger
And hidden from Night's dark embrace
I have not waltzed over Twilight's embers
Nor felt the moon's kiss on my face

And yet one look upon your hand's writings
Your drawing blood, and I am caught
They awaken, all my darkest cravings
And graces I had long forgot

And so I dance with light and shadows
I pray, and I am most afraid
For its from my tomb your visage tears me
Shreds all the safety I had made.