Eating a Friend

in your eyes I come undone

virtue pours out my skin;

like milk from a broken cistern

leaving me naked to your touch

and your every inclination

 the savage in me stretches alive

primal hunger awakes

with fury and intent

who is a woman like you?

Cool as the summer moon

saturating with wisdom

and the scent of lavender

lilac and clary sage perfume

and my spirit finds such comfort

in your sweet company,

with all your pleasant words

and effervescent personality

I feel alive and free

and yet I long to

gather your body like diamonds and peals

on silken sheets

cover you with my body

open you to my sea of love

taste the flavours of your alabaster skin

Then eat you like an apple

until your ship comes in