emotionally drunk

storms invade and her ink rains tears of glittered passion, paints the page
torn in  bits- obliterated 
                         refrain
her long ago days
taste stale
but she cant resist one more bite
one more night
                        reminiscing
as her layers start to peel
youth takes a glare
and says you're no longer needed here
you've stayed too long
time to go now says her mirror 
                         reflecting
but her kisses remember
the crest of his lips
when words tumbled without resist
and she divides herself
then and how her sand castle crumbled
and she
                        revisits
red rooms and remembered echos
while cracks formed behind family walls
and time crawls
to a time of newspapers read in bed
and sunshine was delicious
and honey was collaborated dreams
tucked between heat of moments
and cotton sheets
unrequited love
when his words made her
emotionally drunk

Vanessa Peterson
May 2014