By greysky
Submitted by greysky
Date: 2001 May 19
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[[2001.05.19.02.54.5735]]

Relaxed, thinking

Old warn comfortable chair
soft of kid leather
plush, deep enough
to hold me
surround me
as I
sit relax, think
looking now to the fire
built high in its grate
watching a log of oak
hard, smooth without bark
slowly consumed
by the licking flames
remembering your lips
their heat
this fire turning
what was once so white
pristine
swallowing one smooth end
burning, with guttering flame
watching the once dry oak
sweat its passions
before this
ever rising flame
turning dark
ever darker
till red coals
vein its length
as I sit here
watching
relaxed
thinking
awake.