I wanted to kiss

the hell out of you.

Literally.

I could see your body

subtly writhing in pain.

I knew there were demons

that you so stubbornly

kept locked inside of you.

I saw how your willpower

veiled your battered soul

& somehow made you

self-destructive.

And so, I silently begged

to kiss the hell out of you,

in hopes that it just

might possibly

save you.

 

- ak