I drank you in 

Hot tea and honey 

Moonlight and flowers 

Spilling down my throat

You said, “baby girl, I love you”

Your voice deep and warm with every note 

Crimson and noir 

I traced your tattoos

Following the snake slithering

across your chest

For a moment, we feel so at peace

Is it the venom that won’t let us rest?

It could all be so simple

Periwinkle waves and lavender heat 

But you constrict – are you gonna strike?

Then you show your fangs to me 

But I see who you really are 

I feel love wrapped up in you

Charmed – Entranced – Captivated

So I swallow every shade of blue