ANGEL OF FIRE

The soft sounds

Of his bare, padding feet

The seductive weight

Of his gait

My molten heart ignites

As he walks about

With his fragrant tapers

A silhouette of dreams

At twilight

Lighting each scar

Beneath my skin

Into a glowing star

Studding

My darkling night

Moist warmth

Of a gentle breath

Fleetingly grazes my sigh

Branding my soul

With heartbeats

That he laughingly stole
Marking indelibly

His footprints on my sky

He beckoned me

Irresistibly

Into smoky shadows

Rippling

Over the dewy edge

I comply….

MS