i want to drag
on him
like a good cigarette
used to taste
after making love
suck the breath
out of him
just for tonight
maybe tomorrow
i found him
swimming
in my secret
reveries
lying still
by flowing
red rivers
sacred waters
baptizing me
over & over
i never learned
to swim
the endless streams
of sadness
never learned
how a heart
can be broken
destroyed
by a look
or lack of
how many
tears
are stored in
an agonizing
mind
tortured
by loveless
days & nights
nights & days
