My Fire

Valentine’s Day 2022 Poem

What burns between us

                          can make the sun flinch

and summer sweat


this heat has a flame for eternity

                         to keep its hands warm with

and guide us through every night


to mesmerize me with shadows waltzing

                           along the sheen of your cinnamon skin


and reflect in the onyx pools

                           your soul swims between


kiss my pain;

                          your lips can heal


and let me massage your past

                           to work the traumas out


dance, my fire

                          all through my veins


and take my thoughts

                          with the motion of your hips


make us meet in dreams

                        and dine on premonitions


we need an island

                          just for us


to lay on the sands as we are

                          and make sure the sun don't shiver