WE CAME FROM THE WATER
WATCHING THE SUN ON THE SURFACE
MY SIBLINGS AND I TWITCHED AT EVERY RIPPLE
DISPERSING, GATHERING
WE GREW STRONGER DAY BY DAY
UNTIL WE BIRTHED OURSELVES
INTO THE AIR
I WAS AT ONE
WITH THE SUN AND THE BREEZE
DRUNK ON THE NECTAR OF RADIANT FLOWERS
FLOATING THROUGH THE WORLD
I WANTED FOR NOTHING
THEN I MET HIM
MY MATE
IT WAS INSTINCT
WE MOVED TOWARDS EACH OTHER AS THOUGH PULLED BY AN INVISIBLE FORCE
OUR MOMENT OF PASSION WAS LIKE A LIGHTNING STRIKE
ENTWINED
WE HURTLED THROUGH THE AIR, OUR BODIES THROBBING WITH LUST
I HAD NEVER FELT SO ALIVE
EVENTUALLY
WE LOOSENED OUR EMBRACE
AND WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS
I WOULD NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN
BUT HE LEFT ME CHANGED
I FELT
A STRANGE NEW THIRST
THAT DROWNED OUT EVERYTHING ELSE
SUDDENLY, SMELLS GAINED A DIFFERENT QUALITY
THE FUR OF A FOX
HIS VEINS PULSING UNDERNEATH
THE SWEATING BODIES OF HUMANS NEARBY