thorns climbing my arm as we cuddle shy

thorns encircling this hug sweet and painful as only love can be

a life of needles keeping us apart as if we were born of pain

thorns in my lungs as I kiss you blood trickling down from our lips

night, interior we play, panting, rubbing licking our wounds sucking our fears wrapping our hearts with barbed wire

miracles don’t exist it’s just us, crying them out making of our thorns a crown