It began like a blessing
The first sweet treat of the summer
The water that builds us all
Boiled asunder
Nothing held us
Together but desire
And eaten sweet treats
Gave our throats a sugary fire
And you continued to consume
Until your tears lacked salt
And your tears tasted saccharine
And you begged to never halt
And you were deaf to the world
And you were deaf to me
And your senses proved idle
And my touch subdued thee
And I am not a desert
Nor have I ever been
And I am not just human
Nor the madness of your skin
And it’s never enough for you
You heartsick, unsatisfied fool
A grain of sand erodes so fast
It can’t view its sired jewel
And where did all your words go
Sweet treats, sweet nothings to me
Don’t taunt me with the thought
Of your exile until you’re long at sea
I am the witch that left you with nothing
When you were an infinite reservoir
You haunt and dwell, you phantom pest
And continue to beg for more
A child you are today
And a child you will remain
Didn’t your mother ever tell you
That the birth of love may sire pain
Adultery requires a spouse
But perhaps not the one you assume
For you tweet and titter a wren’s sweet song
But I left you for a finch’s tune
Cede any semblance of residuum
I haven’t got the space
Your word means nothing, nothing at all
Our time I long to erase
A lover to love more but
A lover to like and like less
A lover isn’t a lover at all
A lover too quick to obsess