lovers and needles

I want to make you hide inside my cupboard
You know, just things that lovers do.

I want to make you
breathe in deeper
make you shiver
think about leaving
but never do so.

I want to make you melt,
and leave a stain,
a scent all over me,
just things that lovers do.

But all I ever do
is things that women with needles do.
Pretending there is nothing to hide
while cleaning the stain
and losing the scent
and cutting through skin
when the feeling was wasted
but the heart is still beating.

I want to make you do these things that lovers do,
but all I ever do is these things that women with needles do.

Keeping the connection – About taking the next step

I remember standing on the same field where I spent most of the past unnerving months. Listening to the same three accords throughout a song reminded me of time passing, of the feeling of spending time with people while doing something special together. Studying for an exam, rehearsing a song, going on a trip -…

Of memories and ashes

Once you were thereTwo minutes afterWith coffee and rainI will rememberThe way that we wereThe world has felt whole. Once we were thereIt was a ThursdayWith tea and a smileI will always rememberIt made me forgetThat the world has got holes. I want this to beThe one thingTo hold on toTo fill up the holesWe…

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About the historical horror of living. Drafting my witching novel. Chasing dark, forgotten and haunted tales.

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