the personification of sodom

i am scarlet lettering on the body of sin
babylon bubbles forth from my veins
lilith wantonly sprawls, naked, laughing
in my clouded eyes

i am the whore, the wrinkled sheets
the morning after when you have a hangover
and have woken up next to a stranger
i am the offending panties left behind
the secret affair, the lipstick on your collar
i am sexually transmitted commitment
making you itch and squirm
i am a virgin alter for your sacrifice of self
the new blood, the first pain of penetration
i am the pregnancy test you cry over
all signs pointing to something you aren't ready for
i am a painted jezebel lounging in the dim street
sucking midnight in through my cigarette
i am desire running through loins
i am challenge, conquest, glory




i am the emptiness of loss
when you are no longer in the bliss of climax
and your eyes open to sticky reality
and a bed scented with someone else