crimson red smeared over petal lips

your mouth is hot and painted vermillion

you taste of liquid desire

breathing longing into my burning lungs

i am tangerine and flame streaked

from the taste of you

coal hair streaking over flushed cheeks

thrumming flesh exhilarated with fairy dust blood

i can feel the edge of desperate teeth nipping at tender, swollen skin

large, scarred hands running across hips, memorizing the curves of stomachs and thighs

i trace the length of your spine and lose myself to your touch

and though i would cling to innocence, and beg you to save me from shame

you kissed me until i forgot my name

too good

the world would see us, intertwined limbs and wild hearts

they would say that i was sick for loving the way you say my name

they would say we were broken for the way you hummed promises of love into aching collarbones

they would say we were unnatural for the way you held my hands and whispered those words

over and over again

"i love you,"

though the stars brought me to your arms, they would call it a mistake

but i would still want you all the same

i want your lithe hands against flushed flesh and your mouth breathing burning whispers into mine

i want your long, coal hair leaving streaks of onyx night across the ridges of my nose, the surface of my buzzing cheeks

i want your lips desperately skimming across my every dip and curve and searing proof of my beauty into weary bones

i could not care what the world may say for wanting a body as delicate as my own against me

i would not care about their disgusted gazes for wanting a voice as high and gentle as mine against the shell of my ear

i would not care for their hateful mouths spewing hateful words because i crave your kiss like my tongue craves water

i need your liquid desire against my lips

i need your love

and i will give you my heart, freely and willingly

so long as you kiss me on the mouth

and tell me you love me

one more time