I have had this aching
for a long time
            bubbling
just beneath my skin
causing me pain and longing
of the most piquant kind
tears would flow as the sting
somehow always
caught up from behind
             Now in this house
           of boulders and fire            
come to the fore
unspoken desires
I am left to stand in
front of the blaze
my hands left empty
eyes searching, a-glaze
It is overwhelming
to be almost consumed to the core
and yes, I am on the brink
of
       spontaneous
                   combustion
but before I go over the edge
there is something
I would like to say
to you
You.
who have started  
flowing through
my veins
in gentle intoxication
soothing an ancient phenomenon
that cuts through layers
of rock and stone
turning over fossils
and revealing bare bone
If in the earth's center
is made of fire
then you are coolness
Your hands
have placed balm
on the burn
and if there is a danger
that invisibility  will all-consume
then your eyes have
seen me
and my open wound
despite distance
and anti-physical resistance
some unknown force
is in bloom