Fire to Ice

From tender lips
Swollen
               from pressure
S p r e a d i n g
                         and engulfing
Tightening
                into a swallow
Heated dedication applied
Catalyst
                       to combustion
Molten trail
                      through snug channel
Howling hunger
                         Sated

                         To this

Cold sheets
                       and empty nights
Devoid
            of restraint
Lacking in fire
The torture of
                              not having
Might be more
                     than flesh can take