Until They See You Bleed

Deny the truth
No one knows what you feel
Until they see you bleed
Red spills out
All over the room
Seeing the hurt in someone's eyes
Awash in tears and pain
A moment set in time
Indelible
Shrouded in the softness of night
Tempted by the gates of hell
So little time
Yet so much manipulation
Dangle the meat
And expect
Connections through the years
Fragile as a dream
You appear before me
Receding against the wall
I see no judgment in your gaze
Rebel stance
As you are spreading your soft thighs
Ancient awakenings
You do not want to break
Anyone who has a heart
But you think of the past
Before the forbidden
When we awoke in each other's arms
And the sun shone on our skin