Ember Bed

Let your fire take ahold of me
Let your desire flourish vividly
Divulge your indulgence, set it free
From your reflection, and let me see
   The full bloom of you, pull me through
   Let love ensue—our yearning burning, turning true

Seal your whispers in my wink
It’s plain to see you fill my pen with ink
My thirsty page, it dreams to drink
The poetry that overflows your brink
   You and I, both flame and fuel
   Ignited in the mutual
      Hungry for each other’s appetite

            Burn, we can burn it down, down, down
            This stifling overgrowth, this trifling town, town, town
            There’s nothing else around, round, round
            Just you and I on consecrated ground, ground, ground
            We burn it down


We’ll pour into each other, we’ll dive in
Into our kiss, and our partaken skin
Burning Death in effigy, once again
In the fire pit of our laundry bin
   Where we stack our burdens, we fling our fear
   Sing from the ear, let fortune overhear

We fan these flames, make the music swell
Through the floor of glory, we compel
Reaching out, to ring the bell
Our love to extol and time to tell
   Against gravity, we claim our prize
   And cut our shadows down to size
      Baby, we’ll knock the clock right off the wall

            Burn, we can burn it down, down, down
            This stifling overgrowth, this trifling town, town, town
            There’s nothing else around, round, round
            Just you and I on consecrated ground, ground, ground
            We burn it down…
            Down, down, down, we burn it down
            Down, down, down, we burn it down
            Down, down, down, we burn it down
         
               Let me know, let me know, let me know just how you feel…

               Shed the molt of our tomorrow, the attire of today
               Flaunt your flaming freedom, put your nature on display
               Here we are together, we can have our way
               Consume me in the passion, the persuasion holding sway
               So sincerely, we convey
               Our affection, we convey
               To fruition, we convey

Into our joint heaven, our souls are sent
Now suspent in soft descent
Their flame expressed, their feathers spent
The blazing petals of our blossomed sentiment
   Settle now, in our embered bed
   Each a pillow, each a head

In our smoldering embrace, our coals retire
To leave a new, ageless empire
Where the morning dew, we two perspire
The quenched hearth of our wildfire
   The ash replenishes the earth
   Begets a fresher dawn’s rebirth
      A spring a-sprout beneath these opened skies


            Burn, we can burn it down
            This stifling overgrowth, this trifling town
            There’s nothing else around
            Just you and I on consecrated ground
            We burn it down…
            Down, down, down, we burn it down
            Down, down, down, we burn it down
            Down, down, down, we burn it down