some favs from this set, with my love, @kissingthesunshinesoul 

That night you told me you wanted to be my drug.

I pulled myself off your chest and away from our nightly communion. My feet graze the floor —Each step away I feel you more under the ache in my knees, and in the bitter chill of the tile kissing my bare toes. I feel you when the water gets so hot that my skin tingles and stomach tightens; the air so thick its hard to breathe. I feel you as my skin scratches against the tattered towel, and finally in the soft steps back to your solace.

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See, Cupid mutters when we speak, but the winter’s bite is in my bones; and its getting harder and harder to move. You give me something I can’t quite explain but love to endure — and feel. One of these days I’ll learn not to look in your eyes or listen to our words burn down the sky, but not tonight.

Once again, I feel you, bubbling out between my troubled lips,