Sunday, October 21, 2018

Open Mouth Promises

Breathe in...
Breathe out...
I'm waiting for you to tempt me...
I keep remembering that your open mouth has promises to keep.
Tell me all your secrets with your tongue and I'll whisper back with mine. 

You turn me inside out and leave my skin on the floor. 
A bag of bones and a hint of want is all that's left..
Wait, was that me or you that was left empty?
How senseless is all of this?

I thought this would get easier..
I think they lied to my face..
And now I can't stop staring at the ceiling.
Can't stop craving a feeling...
Any feeling...
But mainly, the healing I find in those open mouth promises.

Your voice is still a ghost that haunts my walls. 
I'm waiting to be swallowed whole by the sound. 
The quiet tick as seconds pass.
They start to swallow me whole.
I thought I saw you reflected on my skin.
It wasn't you, just memories missed.

Its been a while...
Since I felt you. 
Its been a while... 
Since I saw you.
Its been a while... 
Since I tasted you.
Its been a while... 
Since I felt this cold
And now...
I don't know where else to go.
Because I don't want to leave you.

I've lost myself...
And now I'm gone to find her.
Will you hold my place until I return?
I promise I'll be back later
But with a sharpened tongue that you won't remember. 

All I can think of is that open mouth, talking to me. 
Open mouth, swallowing me whole.
I keep wishing it was the ocean...
Swallowing me whole...
Oh, to drown quickly instead of one drop at a time.

When the night is over, how is it that I will be the last to know..
That I did this all to myself...
The hurricane that I am,
Damned to destroyed it all..
All for the taste of rush, of love, of your open mouth promises.