Submissions by Alenya

Something -
I twisted to see, what it was so suddenly felt!
There he stood - looking straight through me.

The proverbial "and then their eyes met" had more than stale meaning.
He smiled - later I'd come to know this disarming armor.

Later -

He has lain beside me now,
 holding me, holding back.
The Initiation: Carry his past as I would fine crystal.
 Not that it is HER fault -
  but for the hurt he cannot yet befriend.

I lull myself into a smug complacency, thinking -
 I am in control of myself!
 It's not an...

You are ice and fire.
The touch of you burns my hands like snow.
You are cold and flame.
You are the crimson of amaryllis,
The silver of moon-touched gardenias.
When I was with you,
My heart was a frozen pond,
Gleaming with agitated torches.
The taste of your kiss - red wine and honey,
Burning my mouth with your sweetness.
Each glance, every touch,
A chip from my heart,
A fragment of blues and golds throbbing reds -
I burst apart
 and scatter with blazing colors.
Let me pave your way in ivory,
Bathe your spirit in peace.
Take...