Set Me Alight
sometimes, with cigarettes hanging
from an ash-dripping mouth
he would face her with burning
puckered lips and wait
for her rain kiss.
"would you die for love?"
sometimes, with overcast eyes
and a grey-clouded laugh
she would smile and taste
his ember tongue.
"you've already burnt me alive."
from an ash-dripping mouth
he would face her with burning
puckered lips and wait
for her rain kiss.
"would you die for love?"
sometimes, with overcast eyes
and a grey-clouded laugh
she would smile and taste
his ember tongue.
"you've already burnt me alive."