batten

i feast gluttonously
on your bemused smile
on that mischievous twinkle in your eyes
or when you make your forehead crinkle
on the almost dimple when you grin
on the beard I scritch upon your chin
on brow slightly furrowed quizzically
on the strength of arms wrapped round me
and greedily, voraciously
i breathe you in in heaving gasps
as though each breath might be my last
i drink you in in gulps and guzzles
surfeited yet never sated
there's the puzzle
compulsive cannibal, I,
I cannot but batten
i feed and fatten
devour the delightful
desirable
delectable
deliciousness
of you