Wax

perfect by design
where a peach may be
either sweet or rancid
she is unassailable
what say you,of the flame?

tender light falls on me
I shiver with warmth
before this unknown
and not considered
but now, I will nevermore
be the same

swaying, dancing
restless orange flicker
smiling and laughing
then leaning away
as if our time
had never been

pale wax glowing
white molten sacrifice
sustaining her with
the essence of life
consumed for a ransom
of abandoned dreams

my hand pushes into you
you lick my shaking fingers, until
I catch fire and burn
wanting nothing more
nothing more in this entire world
than to burn (for you)

sweet inferno
dear, exquisite pain
seared flesh, charred bones
hot white fluid, pulled hard
into her flaming wick
a love to die for that...won't return

the simmering night
shows through a window
darkened forever by smoke
a warm, restless light
randomly falls upon
my charred remains

one wretched day
the distant glow turns so cold
my mind tries to find the torrid nights
but my body shudders
as if cold wax
ran through my veins