Smoke

Smoke plumed from her lips as her whimpers
Shivered with the night birds’ song
Curled up under his black leather jacket
She fell asleep to the mating calls
With the sleeves wrapped around her waist
He held her in a dream
His wounds wept when she begged him to stay
While the cigarette hissed on the sheets
He said,
I’ll never leave
When the tears soak through your tattered hair
I’ll never leave
And you feel like dying I’ll be there
I’ll never leave
Close your violet eyes and stay with me
I’ll never leave
Out in the fog between the evergreens
And I’ll never leave
“I feel like I was created to suffer.
Sade had Justine and God has me. “
He said, “Thought your god had Job for all that.”
“Yeah, but Job was redeemed
And no matter how hard I pray
It’s just more misery.”
His breath burned on her hips when he whispered,
“You’ve got a savior in me.”
‘Cause I’ll never leave
When the flames lick hot between your legs
I’ll never leave
Hide in sleep and feel my tongue instead
I’ll never leave
Tried for countless lives to set you free
I’ll never leave
Don’t you resist this fire, come with me
‘Cause I’ll never leave
We’ll drift out to the sea
Like mist between the trees
And start swimming
To the coast you’ve seen in vivid dreams
And inked in your arm from memory
Bound to me, you’ll learn what pleasure pain can bring
Baby, you can suffer there in peace
And, child,You’ll never leave
Sleep through the sirens
Sleep through the sirens