Fingerprint of Her Affection

he was weary from.

the burden of.

packing his.

abandoned bones.

through clouds that dripped.

like acid on his days.

and in the oil fields.

he struck a vein.

of rotten soil.

his sins had sunk.

into the blood.

of nature as it lay.

this is the price

he paid.

for what he'd done.

and in his face he saw.

the scene play out.

a reflection of his pain.

but she had.

a pocketful.

of fingerprints.

that covered him.

with the havoc of.

her beautiful display.

so he left it all.

behind the scent.

he tasted on.

the skin that stretched.

ov-er her bones.

a bridge beyond the grave.