rosy cheek to cheek

Were Hansel and Gretel lovers or siblings?

trekking so fearless beneath a canopy of shadows

eskimo kiss cold nose

night falls and chill creeps

down the tree trunks

such impregnable faith in breadcrumbs

mother told me not to wander too far

but we had no idea

drowned inebriated in the crushing night that is love

with only breadcrumbs to find our way back to the surface

The sweetness revealed when dawn slid back

her gossamer veil of twilight

was worth losing consciousness

Resting unaware in this ocean night black forest

lulled to nothing

by the tender rocking of the breeze that whispers

trust submit trust submit

submerge submerge submerge

We should have known better

We could not lick the steps of a saccharine mansion forever