His Embrace
He is a secret
In the forest
That only I know of.
When he approaches
I inhale the spicy
Woody scent
Rolling off of him
In waves.
A dense forest
Surrounds
My mind;
One in which only I
Have come
To know
And love.
Our hands entwine-
A fire alights
Within me,
A bonfire illuminates
Around me
Casting brilliant shadows
All around
He comes closer
Our hearts beating together
Like a drum
The trees and the
Shadows
Start to sway
To the beat
As I do
We move together
In a slow
Dance
But,
Our Hearts
Kick up their pace
Enchanted in this
Forest of senses
We dance around
The flames
Careful not to scorch our skin
As the beat picks up
Even more
We lose our hesitation
And dance instinctively
Oblivious to the sting
Of the flame
Like the swaying of branches
Our limbs entangle
I cling to him
Soaking up all
That I can in this
Moment
As tree roots cling
To water
Their life force
He pulls back
And I lean back into him
Bowing like trees
To the wind
I try to get
Even closer,
As even the leafs
Try to get closer
To the wind;
Leaving their life source
To chase the wind --
Just as part of me will
Try to follow
Him
Even if just
For a while
I feel the cry
Of the trees
In the forest
As they
Realize
They can not
Truly
Follow the wind
They can only
Dance
For it
Give
Pieces of their
Life
To it
The flame
Dies
Down to embers
As the
Embrace
Comes to an
End
Even when he is
Gone
This feeling
Doesn’t leave
The embers will
Forever burn
Just as he
Will always keep
A piece of me
Within him
I do not leave
The forest
The forest
Does not
Leave
Me
I’ll wait
Quietly
In the Darkness
Until The wind
Blows
And alights
The flames once more
I wait for
The next
Embrace
The next
Dance
In this
Forest
Of
Enchantment