Love

Sometimes I wake, gasping, memories dim.
My heart? It pounds, images through my head.
Buzzing, buzzing, they boil to the rim.
Inside it's creeping, empty as my bed.

I forget these nights in daylight hours.
Tug at my chest; these strings, they pull me in.
What you had over me, lovely powers.
If I give in, will you give up again?

I can feel you breathing, sinking in your
teeth. Give me one more blessing, give your kiss
to me. Lift me, darling, I'll end before
you give my life again; nothing but this.

Within my bones, the ache settles in deep.
With you in mind, I fall right back to sleep.