Like the fire and water that is in it
He prays. He hears. He is in it. It is finished.
Night and Day
He begins and ends in no place.
Like a flood, vortexed, making me
become introspect
You have set yourself as a seal upon my skin
This mark was made by no mere man
My brother and my father,
my lover are suns,
swept away in a sacrifice of blood
The moon is made of me and I Am
a child of fire, born of the same God deemed desire
There is truth hidden in this tattoo

I lay my hand on an alter of incense
may it smolder and remind me of you
Alpha, Omega, white light from night
you pray, you hear, you speak
and the x's and squares flatten into
lines that direct them to your might

Left. Creek. Splash.
Above. Creek. Like  a waterfall.
Shuffling on the rocks

Music stuck in my head
the crackling of fire pops in the mix of
maroon five and
early a.m. skies
stars
flicker in and out
the breath of a man
just through making love
to a mountain

I should do this more often.

enticed by the tongues of other lovers
i have wondered under the cover
of wildernesses and near misses
come close but never been romanced like this
had my heart held but compared to this all that was a just a tryst
deeper than eternity and farther than your edges
your desire, your fire, your water, are edgeless
rip me away in the undertow
let me forget that if i swim at the perfect angle i can escape,
set me so much on fire that my entire desire is to drown,
set me so much on fire that the only way for me to survive is for me to be new, being renewed, and thrive,
set me so much on fire that i am
hungry
thirst
to burn
to drown

I come to consume!
Do not limit what i come to do !
Let loose!
let me blaze through you!
explode your edges into emptiness!
take away your senses,
burn you senseless,
set your edges on fire.
do not limit me!
do not limit my desire!

I come to make you drown!
knock your feet from under you and drag you down!
Don't tell me how!
beg for it to be now!
be hungry, thirsty!
don't tell me where!
I will do it here!
don't ask me when!
i do it now!

Fire and flood
my spirit led by my blood
i melt away
i wash away
the deep and secret sins i heat
they rise to the top of your skin
i wash them away
again and again
these words i whisper yo you and your kin
speak lovingly, I am calling them in

I am not afraid of the wars I wage
I am not scared of losing sight of your face
I am at peace
in this war we wage
your victory is this day

I will not bow to the kings of the dust
i will not bow to my failures or lust
I rest fresh in your embrace
a child at last, i have seen your face
traced its edges with my fingertips
heard the love blaze through your lips
touched your cheeks, they felt like mine
I rest on your lap, content this time
to know you
to know you

water flows from your heart to mine
I am set on fire
Many waters cannot quench
this raging desire
I am being consumed
but here i stand,
renewed

you flow from my head to my feet
you drip from my hair past my cheek
soak through my skin and infiltrate my chest
I am set on fire
but it is here that i find rest

In the heart of the waterfall
I dance
motionless

In the heart of the waterfall
i am bathed by your hands

let me soak
in the song of the waterfall
let me sit still in the flames
i won't run at all
let me soak
in the song of the waterfall
i want your heart
i want it all

eyes closed, lips drip fire tonight
it tastes like honey, thick and sweet
you set our hearts and tongues on fire
and you give us beautiful feet

we will go
we will not wait on the morrow
we are going
we will not wallow in sorrow

Arise!
your voice whispers to the fire inside
it flickers, it brightens, it melts off my skin
the things i though were hidden deep within
but you see me
you see me
you call me by name.

I will go
I will not wait on the morrow
I go now
even though I dont know how
I go
eyes closed
I go