I eat babies

Remember the winds of feathered fall and the memories we cast away.
The withered words built in blatant articles were read in a bitter haste.
the long drives above the city lights put poetic verse to shame
and the first of the cold winter night was saved on a silver frame.
Marley held a moment's desire while our whiskey set the world aflame.
and the freckles on your cheeks transpired on whim's acrid taste
you have held the ocean high and sinned in blissful ways
oh honey, we were forever gone, entwined in love's tirade.
and there again i sat alone, lost in song's embrace.
I cradled in my mind a moment, a remnant faltering gaze...