IGNITION

 

 

 

Fire that rages without consuming its host

Stinging each nerve until sleep is impossible

And judgment crumbles into gray ash,

It burns me now.

And no matter how fast I run

The flames are faster.

They lick at my skin and crawl

Up my legs

Melting muscle off bone

And desire away from reason

Until there’s nothing left

But pulsation

That won’t stop thumping inside my ears

And between the stems that failed

To carry me away

From the danger in your eyes

And the poison on your lips.

Now I can’t move

For your hand reached for mine,

Your fingers laced between,

And the ember once forgotten

Gathered strength and

Smothered my resolve.

 

 

 

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