Skin and lace

Obscured by light,
Covered by smoke,
Fancies and overdue-sighs
Cloaked hands evoke

Stuck between two hard places,
A wall, unmoving
And another, abrading.
Confusing, abusing.

Sheet between her teeth
Hair sprawled about.
Nails digging in, deep.
Objectionable, each sound.

A lonesome tear glistened
In an unlit room
Closed eyes didn’t hinder vision,
Each instinct else consumed.

Skin and lace,
Entwined, intimate.
Like fingers, and lips,
And each sultry breath.

They came and left,
And came again.
The ticking clock rang,
All disappeared but pain.