No Sadder Heart II: To Fall Asleep in Your Arms

Lay your head upon my chest
And let me drink in your sorrow,
For even the salty wine of grief
Is sweet with you near my side.

How I long to feel faint again,
As when you disrobe in the candlelight
And gently bring your soft lips
To my eager breast.

Engulf me in your warmth,
Enwrap me with your legs,
Swallow my last inch,
And watch me suffer.

Pull me into you once more,
Then plunge my heart into darkness
And my mind into chaos.
Now unspeakable sadness haunts me all my days.

I hunger to feel the slow rise, the slow fall
Of your steady breath
And the cool evening breeze
On our unclothed bodies.

I want to run my fingers
Through your long, dark hair
And gaze into that vast universe
That lies within your shining eyes.

I cried tears of pain with you,
But still you turned to close the door,
Gone in one beat of my quivering heart.
Just another lonely, broken man.

My trembling heart burns for you
And you alone.
I'd give this Earth
To lie with you in my arms again.

To hold you,
To touch you,
To feel your warm, smooth skin
Beneath my fingertips.

To taste your tongue
In a breathless moan or a fragile sigh,
To sample the delicious fragrance
Of your excitement.

I need no one but you,
I want no one but you.
What an incredible mistake I have made,
To let you slip through my life.

I'm sorry I couldn't
Give you what you needed,
Couldn't give you what you wanted.
I'm so very sorry.

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Originally written:    March 16, 2002
Put online:    April 21, 2002
Discussion:    This is simply a continuation/reprise of or a return to the first version.


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