Masked intentions and naïve innocence danced in the late December moonlight
I trail the outline of your scarred, shark bitten arm
I wish that it was a rattlesnake that had latched
Onto my calf – instead of you.
Leaving a visible scar, a treatment plan
Instead of a worn, tattered heart
Masked intentions and naïve innocence danced in the late December moonlight
Your residual venom lingers in my vein, seeping
Into muscle, bone, marrow
I trail the outline of your scarred, shark bitten arm
Snakes act out of necessity –
I think you just liked the adrenaline rush
Masked intentions and naïve innocence danced in the late December moonlight
An oxygen thief – your pleasure, my pain.
I catch glimpses of you
Hiding in myself
When I treat them how you would have.
Masked intentions and naïve innocence danced in the late December moonlight
I trail the outline of your scarred, shark bitten arm