do not threaten me with the fire of your body my love <br />for i am a man borne of fire and shall die of fire <br />i eat fire, i bathe in fire, i swim in the deepest part of fire <br /> <br />i like to burn in the fire that you start <br />from your flicker, from the flints of your gaze <br />i like to see this hearth, this warmth, this conflagration <br />you with me burning like hell <br /> <br />do not threaten me with the fire of your thighs <br />for i eat fire, my body is fire, it is alive with its heat <br />my sweat fumes are the smokes of fire <br />my end is the char that stays beside your legs <br />and tomorrow morning when i finally die <br />when i am put off by your power <br />you shall find me as burnt residues <br />beneath your feet <br /> <br />i am ash <br /> the offering of love to life.<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-ash/
