i used to crave the nights once upon a time
when I pretended this was something more
trapped between your warmth and the wall
the world reduced to teeth and nails and lips.
i used to long for the night once upon a time.

and now I dread the emptiness of each night
all too aware that there is nothing more
lost in the darkness without you, silently
begging for hands to return and set me ablaze
because now I dread the loneliness of each night.