i need you
to silence me
with a kiss, a caress
when i can scarcely catch my breath
beneath that mist of salty sweat
beading down my marbled breast
glistening like those briny bubbles
creasting on the waves

i need you
to save me
with a candle with a flame
let me tremble 'neath the pain
let me wriggle like a rattlesnake
sliding down beneath the wake
that valleys 'twixt the extasy
creasting on the waves

i need you
to enslave me
with a whisper, with a whip
let it blister, let it rip
let it whistle til i slip
along the briny bubbles
creasting on the waves

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