Grow Stories

You smile.Your mouth roars as the raging lionBiting through this bleeding flesh.You tear through the outer layers ofSkin and meat that hideThe heart that beats inside this dripping cage.You rip apart these screaming tendonsOf lies and false protection,Of muscle-bound fear and taut sinews,A mesh of wire-tight cords of painThat reap my fear and multiply.You strip me of this outer layer;You lay this loathsome mantle aside;An...

The rosy pink blush of dawn and the cerise of the rising sunWarm my face as you sleepily smile at me in the morning.Luscious green emerald depths of the grass soothe my soul as you hold me in your armsAnd murmur to me of our growing closeness.White delicate blossom petals swirl like sweet snowAs you kiss tenderness over my face.Fierce black clouds gather and gloam when the laughter at your lover’s form in the streetsPulls...