GRIEF Poem: saccharine moon phase, by Korinna C

I never relished something so sweet

brewed on a winter’s night
an elixir uniquely for you and I
emitting sugary perfume
unable to escape indulgence
as it enters inside
intoxicating our gentle minds
to an insatiable hunger

the moon phase remains stagnant
failing to tame our hearts’ eruption
so long as we drink each other
electricity continues to surge
evoking anticipation upon red eyelids
in feeling pleasure once more

but now the remnants
of an entity once full and whole
disappears into a crescent sliver
as the inevitable cycle
refuses us mercy
no matter how great is love
the heavenly experience
breaks into shards
and implants into distant memories

though the effects worn
the symptom falsely exists
when his warmth manipulates me
again and again