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Venus
Smother me with your love
Drown me in your praises and affections, your whispered sweet-nothings
Sing your lullabies from the bottom where whale bones lie
Lure me back down with false truths: promises, declarations, claims that you’re mine
Let waves of water oozing with tenderness swallow me whole
Fill my lungs with sand so I cannot deny the fictions that pursue beyond your lips
Have facades of fondness overflow me as remnants of life fall from my eyes
Hold me tight, don’t let me go, don’t leave me until I do
Squeeze me until my shallow gasps fail me
Kill me while I still eat the attention raw from its source
Let me have my fill of what was forbidden, what I was starved of, what I crave, live for
Allow me your embrace, your giving hands spooning me a scene from the movies
Snap my neck with your soft palms so my death will be stained the color of hearts
A taste of your devotion to a singular cost my heartbeat and all my “what if”s
For what is love without the sacrifices we make to obtain it?
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