The addiction

     
Mesmerizing power      
a pulsing      
beguiling flame      
imbued with love and danger      
an elemental being of desire      
cursed      
that she would burn      
what she yearns to caress      
a force of nature      
an addiction      
living to near the pyre      
for brief moments bathed in fire      
so eyes wide open      
I hold the matchbox      
as you strike the flame      
to burn with you    
I succumb        
and damn my soul in ecstasy and desire      
but you could have waited      
for an offered heart      
before possession of my soul