Through a long breath out
His spiced sigh
In the heat of his passion
Between out-stretched arms
He reaches for the maiden
So distant
Coveted but unreachable
A cold distance
The silence of the distance
And the silence of the space
Too much to bear
Within the heat of his heart
The heat of his passion
Blinding luminescence
Reflected by all that surrounds him
Still his only desire
His mistress to possess
He seeks to lie
In her lush fields
To rest his head
On her mossy grounds
And he seeks to taste
The bounty of her lips
To have the pleasure
Of her sweetness
On his tongue

Still her cold shoulder turns
The other cheek
Icily toward him
Frosted from her winter blanket
Not warmed by his kiss
Or his breath
Unknowing of his heart
The chambers inside
And the room he has made
Where his life flows strong

Her lips seal in
Her hanging breath
While she pretends
To ignore
The flames from his belly
And the heat that can burn away
The façade of her frozen gaze
A school girl’s game
Blissfully uncompromising
She spins around him
And she spins away from him
As he lights her way

The game goes on