A Bed of Ashes

I found myself needing something more than a tender curve of dimly lit flesh. I needed a woman's fire that could stoke my soul into a living rage. I needed a courageous lioness to teethe my muse and let the pain in my brain bleed unto the Earthy canvas before me. The salt of my skin wept unto her, and she made it steam. She was a cleansing fury that damned the man I once was. She tore me apart so that I could become something new. Sometimes there is beauty in destruction, sometimes forgiveness is born out of pain. She let it rain inside of me when she left, and I found myself in a bed of ashes. A new man. -James Kelley 2013, All rights reserved.