Tooth Marks

While you remember her freckles, her hazel eyes, her form
I remember her glow, her gaze, her soft pull

And you underestimated her
You tasted her sweet and you knew her body
But her mind was clouded with a certain mystery
Only she could see

While you danced along her edges and sang to her sands

I was awash in her tides, and she lapped against my hands

And I knew her
I knew her state, her ever-flowing compassion

And you entered her like an eager child
So she was cold

While I breathed her in and let her salt cleanse my miseries

You devoured her, hungry, like an aching animal, licking injuries

And you chewed her

She felt each tooth like the start of decay

And she confided to you her rot

And to me, her name

However much I loved her, she is too much like the sea

Always present but ever-leaving, receding.

And she left again

And much like the water, the salt she is made from
She slipped through my open fingers

And you grasped at open air to contain her