Matches (with audio)

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Why did you hold the match of desire so close? 
You ignited my curiosity until it flickered your name
United, we blazed intensely
roaring passion 
voracious flame

We consumed each other with trembling 
‘til neither was in control
We torched our lives for desire 
because we couldn’t say the word
‘no’

Now, I watch both of us smoulder 
ashes waiting to reignite, burn again
My fingers long to stoke the fuel 
and watch the fire rage

We must not dance amongst the embers 
put away your matches to be safe 
There’s too much heat between us 
keep our distance, don’t embrace

Don’t come closer 
Oh, please stay away
even as I yearn to light the match 
and set us both ablaze

I adore creativity. This poem was originally inspired by the song: Burn For You by John Farnham, but my muse took it somewhere else entirely.

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