I let longing take me where none go.
I leapt from windows where others stood.
Wanting the world, I let the body rule.
Ready flesh, trembling for pain, I became
the next best thing to a monster, a saint,
Unafraid of love.
I bared my sharp teeth
and let the creature bite me.
Narcotic so sweet.
I let it happen, I made it happen.
This is the body in which I thrive.
Cannibalized. Alive.
Fireflies
Are you my father, come to rescue me
from my disease of fake delights,
the bitter rue of wasted nights?
Are you the healer who will redeem me?
Why, when fireflies brave first flight,
do you sift dust and become twilight?
The web we have wrought, there is none higher.
I spin upon your strands, my lover.
Beloved, I stand beneath your cover,
and dance on the threads of your desire.
I need you to be my father, come rescue me.
You are the healer who will redeem me.
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