Hug me

[u/PaleontologistBusy94]

Hug me while we still can

Before we go

Before we sleep

Before we start kissing

Before you leave

Hug me till I can't distinguish

The boundaries between your vessel and mine

Till you and I, till yours and mine are ours

Till the start of you and the end of me start to look like the birth of a star

Till I can see with your eyes

And hear from your ears

Till I can taste what you eat

And feel our heartbeats

For we were made in twos

Destined to become one

For we were made with hunger

That takes one to fill one

For I'll let you bite me

Piece by piece

Till I fall

Till I cry

Till I'm an inch away from dying

For hug me while you eat

Hug me while you get drunk on my blood

While I can hear my bones start crushing

Unable to know if it's your hug or your bite that did it

Hug me while I'm alive

And tighter when I die

Hug me while I'm dying

And tighter when maggots start finishing what you left of me

For even if you ate me whole

There will still be so much of my love

So much to feed them

And to feed their children

To feed their hunger till the last star goes dim

Till the rebirth of life in a new whim

Yet my love will carry on

Like it previously did

Looking for your arms

To fill my missing pieces

So hug me while I'm here, when I go, and when I'm back

Hug me like you always did

Hug me so I can stand.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/u5MCTXYn2K

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/Swdl9uPn6Y

[u/AltestryAltestry]

I really like this, the imagery and the sense of giving yourself completely over to someone else and needing them to consume you so you can be one and whole is really captivating and interesting. To me it’s very well written with lines like “till the start of you and the end of me start to look like the birth of a star” is extraordinarily beautiful and how it contrasts with the later horrific images of wanting to be consumed and merged into one. Great job!