ink me, lover

Come tattoo
your name on my skin
make me the liar
I claim not be

You're the hitch in my heartbeat
the words I can't speak
have I ever told you I...
have I ever...
have I...

No

Come tattoo
your name on my skin
claim these veins as your own
because they've always belonged
a little bit to you

The truth is  
I hate you, lover
I love you, friend
I need you, divine fucking goddess

Don't be another stranger
lost in the box of polaroids
you're inked too deeply inside me
to fade away into chemical reactions

I miss you
I need to see your face
touch your skin
inhale the universe inside you

Come tattoo
your name on my skin
let it scab and flake away the denial
that I don't want you
that I don't need you
that I don't love you