Asphyxia

This strange, strange frenzy
Shooting down thighs like high voltage
Peeled-back skin
Welcome, seeping juices
Pulsing down grasping throat.

Fingers encircling
Like luscious serpentine curves,
Tightening confidently
Digging deep-
Aching like a badly-placed tourniquet.

Clamped around slender wrists
Straps pulled taut, no room to move
Labyrinth of agony,
Please love me,
Tight, Tighter, Tight.

Asphyxiating dance;
Grotesque dervish
Where no oxygen is needed.

Heartbeat lulling, murmuring distinctly,
Begging darkness to come nearer
And silence creeps up from miles away…