Friday, October 20, 2006

Flirting with the Flame
By Don Iannone
Come gather round the blazing campfire.
Let her sensual dancing flames
arouse the sleeping naked you in you.
Let her tongue lap and lick your heart
into unforeseen submission,
and make you want her in ways
you can want no other.
Feel her heat,
growing and subsiding with the wind.
Smell her sweet burning scent
that erupts wild hallucinations inside you,
spilling mystery on the willing host
sitting motionless at her bare feet,
that cling to the cold earth
with roots deeper than your mind can ever go.
Welcome her carefully;
for too much will surely vaporize every last drop of you,
putting you out in the darkness,
where no impassioned spirit can live without her.
Seek her if you will,
and ever so gently touch her,
but hold back enough of yourself,
because once you give your all,
she is you and her fire consumes you,
and she disappears inside you,
and you become her darkness.

9 comments:

Pat Paulk said...

From a candle to the fire!! Love the last line!!

Kathleen said...

Wow Don... beautiful!!!! What a play... seduction and a savoring of the process of surrender itself... full on...!

polona said...

mesmerising... great stuff!

Dan said...

Very good, Don!

Margie said...

Wonderful Don!

serenity said...

Don
Wow!

Is it hot in here, or is it just me? lol!

Beautiful words, beautiful connections, wonderful word imagery. You are on fire, Don!

Joyful Blessings :)

Borut said...

Can relate to this one. Absolutely. Arousing the Sleeping Beauty in us! Love it!

QUASAR9 said...

Hi Don,
Love Dancing with Fire
Flirting with the Spirit
and moving thru the flames ...

Have a great weekend - Q.

Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. said...

My thanks to everyone for their comments. There is a very fine in between fire and passion. Maybe no line at all.

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