Wildfire in our Hearts

With you

I could have gone anywhere,

Weathered anything,

The Sun could not have burnt brighter than I.

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By your side

My fears were less daunting,

My shame; you accepted,

Your response, draped in love

And your gentle touch became everything to me.

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With you

I would have trekked paths less travelled-by,

Crossed molten pits a blazing,

While I held you by my side, we'd soar the earth.

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Because Together

We held the world in our hands,

Cupped our hearts in our minds,

And merged souls like wildfire scoring a dead forest,

Its timbers scathing, skin scorched and peeling,

Lapped up, like the ground beneath my feet.