Ember Eyes

The Tenderness of the Black Eyes

Somewhere on the hundred-mile road,
As I walked away from you,
I lost my spark—
And my will to spar.

Liberation from love
Is the grey ash
Of a burning cigarette.

The desert chills of your absence—
I feel them in my bones,
Since and now.

Your black eyes are the embers,
And my heart is the forest.

Burning.

I’ve been burning—
Since and now.

We both know
There is no putting it out.

We are a star,
Blazing across the galaxy—
And when it stops,
It dies.

So kiss me.

Ignite my fire,
And let me radiate love,
Ember eyes,

Now.

And forever.