Watch the Fire

Watch the fire,
it leaps and rolls,
serenading and mesmerizing,
drawing one to its edge
defying you
to want to touch 
its blossoming brightness
flowing from log to ember
ready to sear away 
the supple flesh
  encasing our vitals.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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