broken wings

 life has broken both our wings
broken our spirits
we've been beaten down by life
but a little light stayed on in our hearts
a pilot light
it was hiding in wait for these moments
right here and now
and now our kindness and adoration
towards each other
has turned that little light into a flame
and when we touch
that flame will burn like a furnace
with the light of a thousand stars
I already see it in your face
in your eyes
you weren't dead
just in a gray limbo
like me
and we've been waiting for this moment all along
now here
and now we can incinerate into each other
become ash together and blow in the wind
as our bodies are overtaken by the heat
exploding out of our hearts
in a back draft of affections
as the doors are open and the fire takes us down
into submission
one to the other