Essence

Your sensual beauty

grabs my eyes,

sends lightning down my spine,

and a wind across my spirit.

I dive deeper -

catch a glimpse a

of your fleeing essence,

running like a playful nymph.

To know you

To feel your soul

To taste your essence...

Skin is not enough,

No interface of words or flesh will suffice.

To know is impossible.

It is a mockery to say:

You can only be experienced

Moment by moment

And infinite seconds fall short.

The essence is shy,

Untouchable, unknowable, untamable,

Even from yourself.

You are a dancing flame that

warms coldness all around

and dwarfs the summer heat.