Her Final Rest

There’s a moment of sweet tenderness  
When your eyes meet mine and sigh
Seeming to surrender wholly to your fate    
Oh, to hold to all that is or ever might be  
Even these moments of lusting and lies  
 
All the passions and desires we share
Come only to these cruel ends  
The final pounds of your struggling heart  
Frantic writhing for one more hour of life  
But now, to your soul I must attend  
 
Thank you for letting me take your life  
To its place of final rest  
Thank you for sharing this unalterable night  
Filled with delights and pleasures  
In departing, you’ve blessed me with your best  
 
To feel your heat and possess your soul  
Pierced deep with my final fervent thrusts  
I rest upon your body, now cooling and composed  
As all your memories enter their darkness  
I kiss your lips having done what I must  
 
Your gift to me is all that you have ever been  
Or might have one day become  
Spread gracefully next to your windowsill  
I caress your childlike face and touch your still-moist eyes  
Wishing you back in the evening’s last ray of sun