Sharing The Darkness
I kiss her through you
across the centuries,
my first love
whom you resemble so.
I don’t know
if I believe
in reincarnation
because
I don’t know
if I believe
in the concept
of a soul.
You kiss me
but really
you are kissing her,
the girl you left behind
several states away,
love interrupted
before it could
grow beyond a crush.
You only love me
for my fangs,
the pain I give you
that you’d rather not
give yourself.
I love you
because you taste
like something new
and something familiar.
We hold each other
in the darkness
and share the pain
of being alone.