Desire Aflame

 
Evening unlocked the gates to a world of dreams,
The air thick with the perfume of desire.
Wildfire and fury course through our veins,
We surrender, helpless before this hunger.


Your kisses find their breath in me,
I flood your skin with intoxicating warmth.
You spin a web of touches, deliberate, slow,
Binding my mind with relentless grace.


My soul caught in your threads,
Pulls you closer, squeezes your heart to mine.
I gasp—my chest splits open,
You consume me, burning yourself with my fire.


We rise from pleasure into heaven,
Winged, we soar above the turning world.
Our joy liquefies what we are.
We burn, lovers in the furnace of love.


So near the summit of all sensation,
I press against your back, eyes wide,
And whisper: "Love me more, love me harder."
I come undone, dissolving in your passion.


Perhaps I mistake what lives in me—
I may have named desire by love's name.
But I don't ask for clarity.
I only want to return to you, again and again.