I saw your eyes that tried to hide
behind façades of boyish charm
I knew you'd do me
some inchoate harm. But we played the game;
minor distraction from banal tragedy
You were like Achilles or Heracles
an epic hero battling a waterline
but the wrench was in the gears
even then
I pretended not
to see.
You came to me like a ball of fire;
I tried to run away, but couldn't.
Startled stock still
Mesmerized by the possibilities
in your eyes.
I exploded in your arms--
like a new sun--
Reborn.
Your fingers burned at the touch;
Scorched
you ran and ran and ran
from the heat
of that intensity.
Laughing, mocked by a cruel universe;
I dance alone in smoke and flame.
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