damaged

disparate

divergent souls

breathing in

each other’s winds

exhaling knives of ice

slashing innocent hearts

chunks of forgotten sweetbread

incoherent

disembodied souls

emptying each other’s mouths,

buried treasures of

once long ago deep kisses,

sheltering our arms

defending forbidden embraces

fallen angels

stifling each other’s eyes

till vanished, joyless,

pregnant with wariness,

hearts ashen

baffled

vanquished

severed

crestfallen

sealed shut, at last

ever mistrustful of each other’s gorgeous light