Of his lips I’ve tasted…

Nicholaus Albrecht

Of his lips I’ve tasted – I hollow at the bone,

dig my claws his shoulders as he gluts himself my throat.

I search for him in nothing, the static soft-swept space

left wanting foul of flesh and bone to taste.

My ear begets his whisper, skin trembles at his quake.

He moves,

I wake.

He disappears with haste.

 

There’s no warmth to mark his passing, I ache

in treble beats his memory to trace

with fingers. Lies no ring nor promise to devote,

Just hunger, just need – desired and bemoaned.

There’s fullness in starvation, nourished blood runs clean,

incomplete and blistersweet…