Your every word is a brand,

Sizzling and permanent,

Claiming every speck of my mind.

As yours to keep.

And each word burns me,

Hotter and hotter,

An internal inferno within me

Searing the surface of my consciousness.

Slowly turning my thoughts to cinders.

Until nothing remains

But a single, smoldering flame,

Forever burning, among the ashes

For you.

I am afflicted with a certain kind of love

That fills me with a crippling desire to hold her hand,

That convinces me

She is all I need.

And every tender moment shared

pushes me

To work for a future we can share

Together

Where I hold her hand

And finally feel

A warmth that promises to keep the cold away,

A closeness that enriches a drained soul

And a softness that relaxes an exhausted mind

A future together

Where I hold her hand

In the same way

my mind and soul,

March forever, hand in hand,

Down the street of shattered dreams.

Together