Love Poem: Wine
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Written by: Yahnissi Flores

Wine

Your words
That dance down my spine
In the crease of my neck
Your whisper
As cold as the glass piercing through my back

No,
Those are just your hands

Your hands
My eyes
Begging for your touch

Your fingers
As sharp as knives
Cutting through my skin

My love
In the palm of your hands

The grape vines sprouting from your lips
Wrap themselves around my neck

So sweet
So bitter

Like your empty promises
The wine trickling from your tongue 
Spills onto my lap

Leaving a stain

The vine is not a vine
But a snake,
Swallowing everything I know
Poisoning everything I love

I try to escape
But I want to stay

You always knew how to leave a stain.