Medicine

[for Allison]

if i could be a pill

to pulse through your veins

and take away these thick black troubles

from your muscles

i would.

if i could be that cool

drink of water to soothe your

parched throat and carry

this blueness down below

i would.

if i could be that burning

that takes your skin and releases

all of those murky pulses

from your flesh

i would.

if i could be that one kiss

to hold those beasts at bay

with a warm tongue and dry lips

and to let you take all your troubles and put them in my mouth

i would.

i will.