elements

Fire. hot words. hot thoughts.
feeling too much of that burning to protect the layers underneath.

Ice. cold touch. cold comfort.
no connection to the fleshy part of pain.

Diving in face first. eyes open. mouth open.
heart forgotten.

leaving prints of embracing and the faintest fever for another kiss. another time.
gone.

shivering and shaking. emerging more lost than found. grasping the air lingering with the scent of moments passed.

passed by. passed through. passed over.