You Shake Me Back

You profess a love That is stifling A love secured To my wrists Chains clink clank As I walk Your presence Overwhelms My senses Like a leech, Drawing out A life line My memories Lie in a pool At your feet You walk, Splish splash and they break Violent storms on the pavement My lips draw out A silent sound A siren call Impotent. You sink your teeth into my skin Rupturing a shield. My mistakes draw a painting Above my head In it, you feature Alone. A dark figure Wielding a dead petal Your weapon of choice, Beauty Foregone. My eyes drink you in, Sensing malice Your smile. My fingers twitch Across my breasts In my mind’s eyes. You hold the key My chamber, a glass alcove I tip tap testing the strength You shake me back in my place.