the oyster

Gently rest your head, She says

Here upon my breast

Feel it melt into me now

As if it were a test

He put it there upon her breast

And melted into her skin

He closed his eyes without a fight

He simply let her win

She swept her hands through his matted hair

Her fingers pieced his curls

Squinting up at her smiling face

All he saw were pearls

Relax, she says Relax, my dear

Let nothing trouble your mind

Breathe easy, she says, breathe easy my dear

Her voice so soothing and kind

She whispered words into his soul

As she blew gently into his ears

She had a way with him he liked

But that he should have feared

With her touch she numbed his mind

Her voice froze common sense

He let her take him into her

Without a consequence

Into her darkened shell he sought

Her comfort and her grace

The cushion of her swollen womb

The peace upon her face

Deeper now, she says to him

Come in and don’t you fight

He rested his head upon her breast

As she slapped her shell shut tight.