Absolution

I am so far
      gone
My terrifying respect for you deepens
Keeping my eyes from meeting yours
You are reclined like a lion
Ready to devour your suicidal prey

You are my divine dichotomy
Two parts in a single soul
      a wretched beast
      a Dionysian lover
You punish and adore me

Drawing blood with your nails
Forcing my mouth until tears run
      the look on your face as you savor them
You insult me
And in these moments
I love you impossibly more

I sit at your feet
      head resting on your lap
Collar chiming softly as I shift
You speak softly to me
Satisfied with my worshipping of your body
I’m silent, but I smile
Drowsy with your love

You bring me to bed
      take your mark from my neck
Shifting back to your lover’s mood
And hold me while I float