Kissing Contusion


​It's really quite romantic-
there's a love story
happening
deep inside my bones.
A collision contusion
contained kisses creased
between the crux
and red marrow.

A fatal twist;
braised, burgundy brandy,
blazes, bleeds and bruises
a romantic design, seared
inside the portal of nature-
The natural body,
​stripped down
bare-

- J. Circosta, Tiny Poet, 2015