Blue
Your spider veins; lapis lazuli
Beads in broken down skin.
Even the sky matches the mood,
Dark, darker, inky ceramic pots
Kept aside for special nights.
There is a fire in your hands,
Blood warmed by cold flame,
Not dulled, but simmering,
Fingers reaching out to the highest
Elusive branches of wet trees,
Coloured in desire, the drip drop
Pellets merge with your skin,
Like a famous painting; whirls
Of agony and ecstasy
Brushed away with lonesome sighs,
Spun like stars with each new longing.
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