Okay. Love.

This is brutal and intense and one of the best poems I've read on FP since getting back into the site. Love the first stanza in particular as I can see immediately the scene you describe.

The only issue I can find with this is the line "and all my permission to explore" as it almost jars with both the grammar and the imagery of the stanza. If that was the case then cool but it just reads a little too awkwardly right now.

Otherwise, brilliant! I'm looking forward to reading more of you.

Midnight

Very beautiful.