Remembering how you melt
like soft wax drawn
too close to the flame,
smoldering as you pull back.

I'm convinced that the endless torches crackling
and stirring dark hearths back to life
will make your name pour from my tongue.

And cast away notions of being gentle,
to groan before the untamed pounce.

It reminds me that your soul seeks out
darkness and light in equal measures.

And it's already July now,
the heat has brought out
the animals inside of us.

And as fireworks explode,
shoot rainbows across the sky
with ever distant thunder,
I'll be alone for the night.

Remembering how I watched you unfold,
warm petals in full bloom,
wet with the sweetest dew.

I'm convinced fingers can reach the core,
can travel deeper to imprint new designs,
to find the sonorant echo of a soul.

To cast away notions that we are fleeting,
to groan from crisscrossed patterns of scratches.

It reminds me that our souls suddenly arrive
and are the difference between taking and claiming.

And it's already July now,
your heat sears through to brand me,
carve your name into the marrow.

And as fireworks explode
blinding cosmical showers
in ever expanding space,
I'll watch these distant rainbows
alone here for the night.

Remembering how you unfold,
warm petals in full bloom,
wet with fierce desire.

I'm convinced you'll pull me
deeper than ever into a core,
succumb to a our permanence melding,
to touch the imprint of a soul.