Pretty Pink Unfolding

Pretty pink unfolding
Layers of tenderness
Holding you at arm’s length
Trapped in the end of us
To reach out and grab it, pull it close and make it mine
Holding onto you-holding you up …. And I wanna see you bleed for me every time
Steady hand and gentle kiss—
Alternating dark and light
Mid day and I am watching you, swallow me whole
Lost in the language of whispers and moans
Mid day and I am learning that I am not god
Infinity’s bigger than the both of us
But I hold your breath in the palm of my hand
Blurring the lines of where you end and I begin
Is this less intimate than the kiss you denied me?
Slip away and let your need define you
Slip away from me-
Sweet/salty bloody mess
Unclench my fist-watch your blood drip-down to my elbow
Stained your sheets letting go of you
Stained my life just getting to know you
My hand unfolding inside of you
My heart like origami
Ugly duckling or is it a swan
Unfolding letting go of you, baby
Unfolding holding on