Little Losses

Undress, Jess
An act of access rather than of tenderness. Less than nakedness, unpeeling nonetheless

Caress, Jess
That was the good part, I guess. Sweetness, darkness, love and all the rest

Transgress, Jess
Photograph my breast, carelessness, press against properness

Obsess, Jess
Fester, mistress heart, the hurt that it begets

Profess, Jess
Love, love, passionate excess. You had my heart and all its recklessness

Possess, Jess
In greediness, I tried to eat your soul and scorched my belly on your cautered consciousness

Confess, Jess
Yes, yes. Bear witness It was me, I acquiesce

Distress, Jess
We wept. Weakness, sickness, pain, unworthiness

A Mess, Jess
Consequences manifest. Obliqueness reset. Destiny met.

Regress, Jess
Childlike, I requested fairness, begged without success

Assess, Jess
Shattered shards swept up, balances redressed

Suppress, Jess
Want repressed. The wilderness compressed. Wildness turned to virtuousness.

Finesse, Jess
Stress your blessings. Do not dare digress. It was a test, its lesson humbleness

Progress, Jess
Let out that breath, sever, exit, find an end to endlessness. Egress.