You smiled at me <br />and I lived a thousand years <br />in an instant. <br />The earth itself stopped turning <br />long enough for you to see <br />through my soul <br />and deep into my heart. <br />Just that look, <br />a soft, enveloping gaze, <br />set loose the bindings <br />that held still my heart. <br />Effortlessly you freed it <br />from it's impenetrable prison vault. <br />And now.... <br />It belongs to only you. <br />Only you make my colors sing. <br />Only you give immortality to my dreams. <br />Your lightest touch <br />creates <br />fire beneath my skin. <br />Igniting my blood to flame. <br />I am an uncapped well of burning oil. <br />All sounds are gone <br />save the roaring flames <br />and the pounding base beat of my heart. <br />Am I dying? Or for the first time, <br />fully alive? <br />Either way, the sounds are consuming me. <br />Somehow you understand this <br />and the sounds are quieted <br />by three <br />simple <br />whispered <br />words <br />that float <br />like snowflakes <br />from your lips. <br />I love you. <br />The universe is no longer a mystery. <br />The ponderings of poets and kings <br />are but child rhyme. <br />Everything is as it should be, <br />and will be, <br />forever. <br />You love me.<br /><br />TP Sage<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fire-beneath-my-skin/
