Maria Barnes

To You My Tongue

I can touch your skin again.
No, not the skin, deeper this time, 
the polished hardness of your bones. 

I can trace your eye sockets 
with my tongue and discover
every crevice, worm-worn and hollow,

I can love you again 
with my fingers buried deep in your flesh,
until the scent of your congealed blood
brings both of us back from the dead.

Leave a comment