Heat and Flame

Standing next to me
I feel her heat
Reminds me of summertime,
When I was a child
Before I was born

Standing next to me
I witness her flame
Reaching fever pitch
Revelatory in
Primal speech

There is another plane
Beyond borderline and
Graveyard, a smiling desert
Filled with living souls
And roving gamblers

Our existence the gift and the promise
Heat and flame directing us toward
Inner strength and declarations of
Independence.

Charles May 26, 2007