Anthony Liccione

Semisweet

I was semisweet
When we clung together
Intertwined as a vine to wine.
 
I tasted other woman
Before your sweetness-
Of saltwater, of fish
Of licorice, but yours
Is orange citrus.
One did pass as pie,
It took time to spit bitterness.
 
I have a past, clinging in closets
A shadow of clothes I wish not wear
It fits me dark, rich and ruin-
And soon, you will leave me to
To that road I cannot bear.
 
Cover me in secret
With your skin of nectar
Place my head on the pillows
Of your silk breast
And I will rest. Will rest.
 
Should you renounce, love me but once,
Two more times would be asking much
And lie to me telling me your true-
I cannot stop her for this is such
 
Love and me as copper and steel.
Now take the run as while I sleep
The night will compel and conceal 
A half, the half pressed to the light.