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Deadly Nightshade

by Ian Whiteley

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Deadly Nightshade

 

touching you

gently

kissing your neck

feeling

your heartbeat

synchronise

with mine

 

the grey clouds

on a Tuesday

in September

spill

their leaden

tears

 

twilight

seeps

between

heavy

curtains

 

slowly

ebbing

into

darkness

 

time

slows to

a strum

 

s...

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Thursday 16th May 2013 10:50 am

belladonna   deadly night shade   lost love   poison   lies   parting   destructive affair

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