steal my breath

as we kissed

i repeated

careful careful careful,

with haste,

silently.

my skin swelled,

i receded

my barrier,

just one,

cautiously.

the tide rushed.

my heart screamed.

she sent the gate to

the ground,

with fury. with fright.

she's not accepting strangers.

she doesn't take solicitors.

she's selective.

seductive.

she'll tell you

"careful with me.

i'm tough.

i've got nothing to hide.

with every beat

I bleed independence."

she's a liar.

the walls encase her

in steel grates and

barb wire.

one might bruise

scaling their height.

tumble, stumble

collapse and crumble...

she's a liar.