Whole days I lingered
Parts of me fused into you
I couldn’t distinguish
My backbone from yours
Where my thoughts began
And yours ended
Once, our bodies molded
Into one lusty union
Passion so fierce
I feared us
We blazed the world
Untamed
I would have remained
Craven unto you
A victim of your will
Forever enmeshed
In this unholy bargain
A deal struck by blood
But you had me tangled
In fishnets
Of twisted waters
I nearly drowned
My lungs filled
With your darkness
You offered no light
No life
Separate from your illusions
Everything I gave
You stole
Crushed beneath your feet
This was not love
No joining of souls
Only despair remains here
©March 2015, Lori Carlson
