Reluctant Love

Touch melts boundaries set
to protect me. We’ve changed
in the years since we’ve met.

Your love, for sex exchanged,
lacks purity. I fight
to protect me. We’ve changed.

Attraction’s lusty bite
grips us. Searing passion
lacks purity. I fight

to withhold compassion.
Animalistic need
grips us. Searing passion

rips sanity. Your seed
my body swallows in
animalistic need.

Companionship in sin
Mind swayed. Your warmth invades
my body’s. Wallows in

hot wetness that persuades.
Drama of the heart churns.
Mind swayed. Your warmth invades
as my cigarette burns.