Beyond the Elm Tree (redux) / pk

Sep 30 00:12 UTC 1999

Beyond the Elm Tree
Paul Kershaw
4/14 - 9/26/99

 
These things will I remember:
        Honeysuckle and roses in your hair
        Salt and powder on your skin
        Darkness and fantasy in your eyes
        Crimson and taupe on your lips
        Light and shadow on your neck
        Heat and drawing in your thighs
        Motherhood and passion in your arms
        Childhood and lust in your breath

These things will I remember:
        The buttery silk upon your breasts
        The hard points my fingers teased
The catch in your breath
The shift in your body
The warm air against my ear
The moistness of your tongue
The scraping of your teeth
The tangy musk on my lips

These things will I remember:
        Shivering
        Squeezing
        Panting
        Tensing
        Moaning
        Nipping
        Tugging
        Screaming
        
 
These things will I remember:
        All is still
        Floating, eyes closed
        You are somewhere beneath me
        Within me
        Around me
        All is quiet    
        I have been released
You have been released

In the night, 
I close my eyes and I remember
And gently stroke your cold skin
As you decay beside me

In the morning,
I will bury you
        Beyond the elm tree
        And leave to seek another

response 2 of 7:

Sep 30 22:24 UTC 1999

... ... Wow.  I don't believe I'd seen this before, but I might be wrong. 
If I have, the ending came as just as much of a shock the second time around.