I Want

i want

to be

alone

in the dark with you,

testing how real

alone is,

and

is darkness true

or can we

just

not see?

if I am the goddess

then I created you

from desire's red clay

and black sand

of fear

and

loamy hope

and

old growth Oak

of memory.

I meant for you to stand

in

Shadow.

I meant for you to

lure me

from the sunlight

back

into the

Deep Wood.

I want

to remember

how soft

flesh

braces itself

where no

sunshine

is.