Tattoo

Written for my husband's tattoo shortly after we first met

Tattoo

I hear the lion on your arm roar
every time you whisper in my ear
and melt under the caress of his fierce claws
when you touch my skin and make me purr.

You'll return to the lair where your lioness waits
to challenge and pounce upon you;
your roar of defiance cannot erase
the whispers she has heard.

When I see you again
your flesh will be burning.