Consumption

The fire 

I can feel it

Starting in my 

Fingertips 

And spread through

My chest

Until the whole of me

Is burning 

From the inside out

Now kiss me 

And make it an

Inferno 

sunlightKisses

When I can bring you

Warmth of the soul, don’t complain

When you stand in shade. 

The Tattooed Skull

The torrent 

Slicing from above

Water turning to ice

The shards 

Shredding my skin

Peeling flesh from bone

Until I finally recognize 

What I know

I’ve been all along 

A hollow thing

Tossed aside

Waiting for a 

Regeneration 

That won’t come 

The First Full Moon

I felt the cry from

The broken wolf as she leaned 

To nuzzle the moon.