My Ears, My Love → Poem by sumconundrum

Violent skin

and velvet claws

caught in the undertow

calculated pause

Do I cast you in amber

or tear you apart

we could melt into nothingness

where do we start

my ears, my love

how they’ve missed you

these lips they learn

are hard accustomed to

and what do yours do now

what do they slip

your tongue and your lips

how often do they seal my name

sealed to me again

are you, are you

like your door

your loving arms

my skin will only remember you

for another seven years

and my ears will hear you

no longer

love, my body belongs

to the highest bidder of concern

that great cost few learn

to refrain, retain for people like you

unlike me

and unlike me

love me

outlive

my love, I pray

someday you see

My Ears, My Love