My mouth is no longer swollen
from our last kiss.
I feel a void
without you here.
Take off your shoes and stay awhile.
I want to lay down next to you.
I want a kiss that won’t end
with you leaving.
It was always me
watching you
walking away.
You were always leaving.
I want something I can never have.
We could have set the worlds on fire,
an eternity of hot red and blue flames,
consumed our days and nights with desire.
Now my world is sterile—
cold, monotone.
Cold ashes were once a ravenous flame,
scalding passion turned to searing blame.
I want something I can never have.
Loving you
was merely a moment in time.
Evanescent.
I don’t regret anything.
Better to have felt the flame,
a power of intense happiness
is the same as intense pain.
Your kisses scorched my mouth.
I still taste the scalding blisters still wet on my lips.
You could not love me.
I want something I can never have.
No regrets.
I will wear these burns well.
They won’t let me forget.
The sting won’t fade away.
My tears dance in the ashes
as the embers begin to smolder.
I want something I can never have.