Aphrodite’s burning kiss

1

I tasted sweet temptation,

Aphrodite’s burning kiss,

Oh, what led me to this perversion?

Where did I fall amiss?

The sweetness on my tongue is haunting,

Can still feel the smoothest of skins,

Yet my thoughts are poisonous,

They lead me to your favourite things.

I thought of myself as a flower,

Happy and yellow and stray,

You switched all my colours,

Been red ever since that day.

Now all I do is wait for you

Sit on a field, in a maze,

The sun is coming down on me.

While I rot slowly away.

2

To all the loves I never had,

I gifted letters in my sleep,

And dreamed of sweet peonies and pastries

And how we would make beautiful babies.

I thought of love and lust and greed,

And how your beauty makes me weep.

I adored it all the same.

At least in my head, I did.

That’s where it’s safe.