There is a weight

Within me



(And I burn)



A kiss

Heavier than the sun



(And I burn)



A slow invasion

Strange beauty



(And I burn)



Rejected in the flesh

And odd nourishment

(And I burn)

For my soul



Thickening

Far away atoms



Like fat happy Buddahs

This intimate new language

Softer than the breath

That slips from your lips



(And I burn)



In the veretoss



(And I burn)



The depth of you

(And I burn)

Follows me



And I burn

And I burn