Day 14 - "twofer" - b) an "anti-love" poem

A balm
Anointed in oil
Caressed
Massaged
With salt
And citrus oil
Talons tear into the beating heart
Tenderly stroking
Fragrant air
Warm breath
Tongues of flame
Searing to the point of crackling
Ice bath
Shock
Warm embrace
Returned to the shelf

Day 14 - "twofer" - a) a "love" poem

An unconscious itch
Or slight pressure
A constant gnawing
Not like hunger
More like something inside you
Is hungry
Hours spent trying to define
Something as subtle as a hammer
As succinct as smoke
As definable as
Breath