I FELL IN LOVE WITH A DEAD BOY

I wallow in black lakes, sinking ever faster.

The sky blinks and you are gone forever.

I remember your paralysis, your cold marble.

The sea of milk dried up, and the roses withered and died.

I fell in love with a dead boy.

I lift your sweet bread to my mouth, and bite.

The smiles you gave to me crack between my teeth.

I drink deeply of your blank, tepid wine.

The child in me drowns in the unbearable sorrow of expiration.

I fell in love with a dead boy.

I watch the soft black stars leak from your skull.

The warmth of your voice will never again protect me from the harsh winds.

I have nothing else to believe in, my spirit is bereft.

The only thing that exists now is decoration. Beauty is my Messiah.

I fell in love with a dead boy.