a junior’s requiem
i came to you in the summer reborn
bathed in every inch
of the breathless night skies
and kissed by the bronze
of the rising star.
it was then that i met you
stolid and composed.
i took one look and saw
Nothing.
so i turned
and i inhaled every inch of you.
you entered my lungs
bit by bit.
you were cool water
i never knew i needed.
so i drank willingly.
we stayed for hours
and you filled me until
there was Nothing left.
it was then i realized
i couldn’t breathe.
yet in me you stayed.
you went for my spine
crafted by God’s own hands
and pieced together with heavenly precision.
there was none other like her.
so i twisted until she broke
and watched you devour her whole.
my hands were your next conquest.
once used to comfort and caress
i held them against me tight
and hesitated to keep them.
you ate them too
while they were still pressed against me.
you finally went for my heart
but for this – you asked.
you smiled that bloody, rotten smile
so it made me smile.
and for a moment, i thought you laughed
but you were just preparing
to eat my heart out raw.
i was lovely
so i gave you every bit of me
the flowers, riches, and my miracles.
i even served my love on a silver platter.
you still left me in the spring.
i no longer wear the sun’s clothes
or breathe the air of starry night skies.
i can’t stand alone.
and i have been left in tatters.
there is Nothing left for me.
i await the Genesis.
c.s.