She says "Come, be with me " I have no choice but to obey... A slave to her call, next to her I stay. From the first, She knew the hooks had landed, to set the hooks deep she laughed. "I am near, always." I answer without a word. The wavelength we ride is ours alone. The flames of our fierceness forever burn. The pyre high, aiming like a spire. Lovebirds, we were once called. With no chagrin, we carried on. "If they only knew" she whispers. With a grace unmatched, a single smile was all she flashed. Held captive in the cage that is her gaze, paralyzed by the toxin that is her touch.