Acidic Essence

My belly once swelled with the essence of you.
I used to drink it down like sweet wine and ale.
At night, before I slept, I imagined your force,
Coaxing sugared violet and blue dreams my way.

This morning I bled my abdomen,
And let your essence flow out of me, like rain.
Then I scooped up that blood-stained water of yours,
And into the black earth, released it.

Your soul, which once fed me; gave birth to my life,
Had fermented into arsenic, and slayed me.
And as my breath shivered, I called out to you.
But your acidic tongue replied with nothing.

So now I lay crumpled and beaten,
Because I banished your poisoned wine from me.
God, let my eroding body turn to dust.
I'd rather my life not be rotted.