An Ode To Merlot
You latched onto my bones
Light and balmy
in the color of blood
spilled on white bed linen
Binding me in your woody scent
to a pyre of burnt flowers
Drenching me in the dirt of orgiastic grapes
Beckoning me to live on the wild side
Undone, unhindered
Staining my lips
Slurring my words
Painting my solitude.
