undressing her (with your eyes)

undressing her (with your eyes)

you exhale smoke like it's blood
spraying machinegunassult
across the room.
i've got your blood
under my fingernails.
i try to claw it off my skin
because day old secrets stain soon.

your smile is death,
a vomit smeared mirror
of tomorrows only dreamed,
and then tossed aside like dirty panties.
you smile and say
"everything's gonna be alright"
but it's a curse not a blessing.

superheroes never save the ones they love
because love is a shattered champagne flute
rubbed in shallow wounds.
superheroes can never run away
from glares that follow too long
and secrets they're burning to tell.