as you come into me

taste me as i shall taste you

for i have taken so much from the shores

but i am always drawn to you

and like old lovers

of many moons ago

we will kiss passionately

though briefly

for this affair is short lived

and futile

for i shall always be pulled back

to wander farther away

to yearn and to hunger

for that next union

when i am sea

and you are sand.

eyes of sleep

within these dust covered

corners of thought

among the waxy fragrance

of burnt out roses

under the faint colored clouds

of the afternoon

between the yellowed pages

of an endless travel

until the vacant spaces

of the afterglow

i shall find you.

that you may

lift them towards the clouds

take these leaves

that you may

find shelter from the burning light

take these fruits

that you may

hunger for nothing else

take these roots

that you may

burrow on the ground and find warmth

and i'll

grow me arms

that i may

touch the barren land underneath

grow me leaves

that i may

wither with the coming of fall

grow me fruits

that i may

bleed for their sustenance

grow me roots

that i may

walk away from you proud.

over me

engulf me

as you open your arms

take me

fill me

with the blood that is your sea

wash me

lead me

into your stained-glass treasure below

that i may

finally

own you.