In Heat, poetry written by Alison Vail Fuller at Spillwords.com

In Heat

In Heat

written by: Alison Vail Fuller

@alisonVfuller

 

for DL
who ignites my love

 

destructive
fires
devour
us
invigorating
winds
turn on us
fueling calamity
fanning
the
wrath

my home
is safe

my new love
feels safe
while
sparks
ignite

Michael C. Ford’s
words
float
and
dance
amongst us
at Library Girl

brilliant poetry
nourishing
our collective soul

warmth touches
my shoulder
and he whispers:
“please tell me
you’re not married”

and here I sit
after four
(or is it four hundred?)
delectable dates
and countless
texting-minutes

our words
the kindling
of tantalizing
foreplay

as I
melt
back
into
my
teenage
juices

trembling
body
trembling
heart

and clichés
rule
my
world

I’m giddy
but guilty
for inside
I celebrate
fire

outside
i suffer
for the
horses
galloping
helter-skelter

people
running
for
their lives
losing
everything
my heart
weeps
for them
and my
beloved
California

I dwell
within this
paradox

as new
love
gently
caresses
and lifts
me from
grief’s ashes
and I soar
above the
embers
embracing
wonder
and the
lightness
of hope

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