I want to consume you
I want to singe you
let my flames lick you
tattoo my touch on your skin
in a insatiable controlled burn.

A cricket's call
a hooting owl
and the moon it shines
like a lantern overhead

but as you sleep
I lay awake
       wondering,

in who's arms
you're in tonight.

Your smile is electric
setting off
lightning strikes

inside my heart
shattering my beliefs
shaking my walls

breaking my resolve
bringing this human
to her knees.

And to me
you will remain
forever a secret
as I am afraid
to speak of you
in case the words fail me,
turning the sacred
into the profane.

Lay me to rest in your poisoned *****
behind a silver cage
I surrender to you a heart in chains
and when you kiss me
strange wanton delights grow
I am frightened and I'm trembling
but your seduction is slow
as it spreads
a vine of warmth through me
you leave me intoxicated
drunk within a dream.

I took a walk with you
to escape my mind
your smile was so sincere

In the cool night air you held me tight
but I tripped on a sigh
and exploded like a star
scorching the sky
lighting the dark

And now I exist in the space behind your ribs
and as your chest rises and falls
I'll remain like your last pocket of breath.