caressing i knows

i witnessed this week a sort of great battle
a serpent and the woman, and a child in between

with tensed and curled tendons
the child was seduced
his neck in full bondage
and nose to some shit

she whispered through some memory
of sweet power anew
“one that’s so distant,
it only lies in you”

and i contemplated,
detached and deranged
this one sweet battle
not wanting to want
but tequila in my veins

for seventy one hours the struggle ensued
the fake freedom of the spectator,
with cowardice imbued

the child and the man
each other’s power invoking
to be one with the other

yet desiring another

the tail in his neck
curled oh so sweetly
inviting it further to lose itself
finally surrender, completely

her aroma enveloped
created before all things
as when she had taken flesh to give life
she sweetened the grip, an offer

breath of suggestion
and terrible freedom

choose me,
the man cries out
with Her sun in his heart

look at me
i will hold you
i know who you are

to see you and feel you
your bitter pain past
choose me come to me
i’ll be your home at last

i know your true name

amidst sobs of loss
the pain that just flows
father holding son
in caressing iknows