Purgatory's Fire

I plunged my soul in purgatory’s fire To cleanse my mind of my unchaste desire Sin set aflame in burning flares of heat From being damned, the evil one to cheat As hungry flames lapped at my weakened form I lay prostrate in unabated storm Sweet images of you flashed through my mind The blazing tongues these images did find Excruciating pain the fires brought Betrayed by you, this pain did seem as naught Infernal hands touched where your lips had kissed With vengeance to pursue…the flames just hissed The inner sanctum where with me you’d merged Strong wrathful hands of heat each trace now purged My lips which had your body tasted sweet A flare of retribution did them greet Within an inch of life, tormented sore Unable to endure a minute more Of fiery furnace, I was then set free Was nearly blind, and yet your face I see The mem’ries deluge now in cooling stream Revived, you are, in every kiss and dream Your image was not seared away from mind A lustful craving heat in me you’ll find The cleansing that I sought was not be You live and breathe inside the heart of me And paradise awaits me in your kiss Consume with passion now, take me to bliss Eileen Manassian Ghali Just a disclaimer here....I DO NOT believe in purgatory, nor in an everlasting hell. This is just poetic license....Purgatory is supposed to be a place where you are purified of sin on your way to heaven. Unfortunately, being purged from thoughts of desire for her loved one did not work in this case.