I envy the moon who formed you

How she labored you among stars

So I drink from the water that held you

Its placid face with ephemeral mars

I first saw you draped over roots

The sight of a graveside lover

The earth swelled with your slow breaths

And shadows fought to be your cover

I was formed in a needy fire

The sun left me here to burn

My whisper is a banshee scream

I am only naked and know only to yearn

The water sits bitter on my tongue

Pressed in the mud, my feet feel your pulse

My wraithish heart is gnashing inside

The skies erupt with a sentencing verse

I find you again by breaths in the night

Your body cloaked with feathers and bones

My pupils turn to desperate tar pits

The mud boils as I release a moan

My starving teeth reach for your throat

And you step close to soak in the glow

You’re an angel worth devouring

But then you murmur warm and low

As the flames tear open my skin

You connect your eyes to mine

Thorned brambles twist behind the glass

You’re a fortress of beauty entwined

My fire engulfs you but you do not burn

Your thorns traverse me eager to learn

My darling, you whisper

My angel, I cry

- I’ll drink you forever

- I’ll rest by your side