Fires

Not even the fires of last June

Could have foretold the destruction

that would come, when you arrived

Late in evening, while I rested

Your ability to see me, and to see

nothing I had ever seen in myself

Is like a fire that takes and gives

Ripping apart the fabric of my identity

Your touch alights my senses

(Yours in the only touch that brings

livelienss, where others had left cold

rash of frost bite, and recoiling patterns)

The sound of your rustling dress

in my arms, is like the low crackle

of cozy campfire, welcoming but requiring

of close supervision.

Your movements are like tounges of flame

Fluid and everchanging (I love to watch

how you walk with long legs) We dance together

and it is like a raindance. Pray for release

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