highviolets
it creeps in
closer
the giant shadow of our
years
a time of light and
star-gazed love
now swallowed by the
leering beast of
betrayal.
you watch me with your
primal glare.
eyes running up and down
hovering with ease
your tongue pokes out like
a snake behind bushes
watching its prey as
you wink.
tingles and shivers penetrate
the skin as you curl your lips
into crescent moon shape.
your jaw remains harsh but your
teeth flash my body.
i replicate the lip movement in the hope
of shaking things off.
but you watch me with you gaze so heavy
and i sink into your eyes
drowning.