© Candice James, Poet Laureate Emerita
New Westminster, BC CANADA
Stripped down to the bone
in the naked gaze of passion
I melt into the flame
in your eyes
In the sweet of the wet
and the wet of the sweet
I bleed
through the needle’s eye
of need
You take my breath away
The alchemy of your body
and the brush of your soul
create the painting I am