Under my skin

Under my skin 

This love won’t fade 

Or look for another host

It waits and cooks and soaks in flavor 

So many ingredients in this recipe 

There are salty tears

But more sweet memories

And spicy, savory touches 

This love we cook can feed the hungry

The void and lost

It fills and feels our bodies anguish

For lust and craving satisfied by spoon

Our minds are trickier

They triggered the end

Blind to what was around us

And inside and out and under, pulsing

Pushing like a lady in labor 

We screamed our messy way out

Not ready to see that bloody mess

Was the love we were growing inside

For so long

We felt it kick and move inside us

Expectantly making plans 

So not ready for when it came

Now our love is mature enough

Oh, it is hurt, but healing

Growing so that when we give it a chance 

It’s strong hands will hug our pinky finger

I am not the only one who loves you

But the only one I love is you

I might only be delaying the end indefinitely 

For I feel this should not be the end at all 

When something is precious you always want more

Not like a devilish need, like a drug addiction

But as one more drop of water on a flower

One more sip of honey for a bee

One more wine tasting kiss from your lips

Give us one more chance when you feel ready 

For my hands long for your hair to caress 

My chest is soft, waiting for your head and lips

And my red hair grows on fire, burning for your hold

And my heart, oh baby, it’s mine

But was born with room for you