I'm Starving To Know You

365 Days of Creativity

day sixty seven

I want to eat you whole

I want to dig in deep

I want to taste your soul

I want to feel your sleep

I want to kiss your lips

and lick them dry

I want to bite your lids

and touch your eyes

I'm going to chew on your lungs

and gasp when you breathe

I'm going to swallow your tongue

and moan when you speak

I want to sip on your sweat

and savour your skin

I want to nip at your chest

and spoon what's within

If I could have just this part

I'd leave you the all

If you'd donate just your heart

my own you'd enthrall

Or give me your blood

red river runs thin

I'll drink it like love

I'll learn all your sins

I wonder how ripe

your secrets will taste

I wonder the type

treasure or waste?

How rich is your guilt?

How sour your goals?

Is your skull lined with silt,

the ashes of hope?

Suppose I dine slowly

let flavours emerge

I'd taste what you felt

every raw urge

I'll cherish your fears

roll them over my tongue

I'll shoot back your tears

and learn how they stung

I'll digest your mind

your body and soul

Render my life sublime

for I crave to know

Give me angst, give me glee

give me scars and abuse

Salt the wounds till you bleed

Let me swallow the truth

I'll dissolve every gate

I'll digest every wall

I'll eat all that you hate

let me feast when you fall

Put on a platter

your skin's recipes

Pepper and spatter

your tart memories

I ask for this tray

to come to me cold

Give me this buffet

and I'll give you gold