Ash & Nectar

you
are a wildflower and a wildfire
bursting with life, poetry dripping from your tongue
flames reflected in your auburn eyes that have seen far too much
for your fragile heart to bare, soft as rose petals
resilient as springtime

I have seen you burn
with passion
with hatred

with love
I have felt your softness
and I have inhaled all your sweetness

I have walked your burnt bridges
and I have traveled those forests turned to ash

and I, my love, have seen you burst and blossom
from a crack in the sidewalk

and by god

it was so beautiful it pressed the air
from my lungs