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Blood

Eyan Gentry

A graphite and black pen sketch evocative of Italian marble statuary depicts two figures having sexual intercourse. Two figures face each other. The left most figure kneels on one knee over the right-most figure's lap. The left figure is arched backwards, and the figure's hand is out stretched to clasp in the right figure's short hair. A drape covers only the genitals of the left figure, with the right figure gripping and lifting the drape into the air.

Torment | Brandon Smith | Graphite and Pen Sketch

I want it.
No.
I need it.
I need the warmth of your body pushed close to mine.
I need the soft pressure of your lips to mine as we kiss.
I need the blush in your cheeks as I pull back.
Blush,
That light pink glow that spreads across your face,
That rush of blood to your cheeks.
Blood,
The crimson essence of your being.
Of course,
What way to be closer than to spill your blood?
Yes,
the warmth of the flesh isn’t enough.
I just have to pierce the skin.
Then I’ll be beyond that blockade that is your flesh,
I’ll be within the heat of your blood.
Of your essence.
Of you.
Yes,
That’s how It’ll be.
No longer will we crave the dull warmth of each others bodies,
For we will bathe in the intense heat of each others blood,
And then together we’ll find the comforting rest of eternity.
And then, forever, you’ll be mine.