Tongue And Teeth

To the connections we make... or so we lead ourselves to believe.

You speak to me in soul.

I put my lips to burning coals.

Your body smolders.

I wake up when my bed gets colder.

 

Did you burn it all down?

All the evils in this ruined town?

My solace, your cage.

Mercy on me and you fall into rage.

 

You want so much more than I can give.

 

With hands like alibis.

We skirt around the outside.

With tongue and teeth.

A mess but somehow so complete.

 

I speak to you in soul.

You leave me feeling less than whole.

Far enough to fake I'm strong.

Close enough to know something's wrong.

 

Calm the storm inside.

Desperate fingers locked around mine.

Shards of blind sentiment.

And I was sure I'd seen the end of it.

 

I want so much more than just to live.

 

With hands like alibis.

We keep secrets with our eyes.

With tongue and teeth.

Shame on me, I'm so naive.

 

You asked for space and I gave you the world.

You asked for time and I gave you the rest of my life.

 

With hands like alibis.

We skirt around the outside.

Wordlessly.

Your heart is mine, with tongue and teeth.

Author's Note

I believe there is a strong connection with sexual physicality and psychological damage. Or maybe I wrote this while watching Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Reviews

[Bats In The Belfry]

My heart aches reading this...it makes me shake. Beautifully written."My solace,your cage. Mercy on me and you fall into rage" strong sentiment and a bit haunting.

A friend said to me "Grab onto happiness in any form it comes, you don't know how long you have it for." All the bumps, bruises and mistakes in life are battle scars from living. Don't be afraid of them, embrace them.

There is a strong connection with physical relations and the psyche...sometimes healing and sometimes not.

[allie_arrowz]

this is soo good. it made me think about so many different things haha.
which is good, i think. allows people to interpret it however they want.
great job!

[Perfect Mistake]

A very powerful and vivid poem. I can see why you maybe got this idea from Girl with the dragon tattoo. Anyway great job :3

[ChaoticSoul]

As always, this is lovely. I always want to take your work and make it into song. It sounds like the lyrics I listen to and that's one of the many reasons I love reading your pieces. I would have to agree with connection between sexual physicality and psychological damage that you mention. It's not always apparent, but oh how it is there. I also love the images you create of a storm within contrasting with the hands like alibis. It really adds to the raw intensity of the emotions with this piece. Wonderful, wonderful!

[Lily Mae]

I just love everything about this.. Strong and powerful..x

[Shy Girl]

I could see a person sitting in a corner just staring out the window blankly shaken.. every once in a while writing down a thought.. but doing it as tears fall to the page. One gave their all and had that picture shredded as that window pane they just shatter into shards to surround them...symbols of the memories that picture/pane held for them. (whoa...sorry got lost there for a moment) If that tells you anything about how much I was able to connect...then nothing that I write, short of Brilliantly worded will tell you the impression I felt reading this piece :)

[R.A. Youngblood]

Wow, this is passionate and emotional! I really like it..
I specially like this:
"Calm the storm inside.
Desperate fingers locked around mine.
Shards of blind sentiment.
And I was sure I'd seen the end of it."
Yes, there is a strong physical connection, it makes me feel kinda creepy :PP
Thanks for sharing..Well done :D