words by dominic riccitello

i lie in your eyes
bathing in the sand i swept
from your closet doors
i hang on words you say
kissing demons in the divide
we died on the rooftops of our love
banging gongs to vibrate the truth
sipping wine to mute thoughts
silence to become one
but assumptions were wrong
lives were cost
i died in the truth of our moment
kissing teeth instead of lips
twisting tongues like a god
who ran from his own
we dined with an oasis
a mirage of ourselves
loving the moment we engraved
a lie we instilled
walls we built
trenches we bathed in