By Ali
Date: 2001 Oct 26
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[[2001.10.26.07.31.20250]]

On Wings of Fire and Ice

There's a certain danger floating in the air, today
Making it thick and heavy, almost solid
It's the kind of danger that flickers in someone's eye
A hint, a glimmer, a sparkle
Courage and thrill, laced with insanity
And if danger is a look, a lingering glance, a heated stare
Then I know for certain that I've seen it before...
I find that I'm fumbling for calm, struggling to look away
But I can't...I just can't
I am frozen to the spot on which I stand, stone still
Motionless, breathless, speechless, all without mercy
I feel a slight chill crawl slowly down my spine
The chill of a kind of knowing, writhing fear
But, not all fear is necessarily bad...
My heart is fluttering, dancing, leaping, screaming, singing
Making a very nice little mess out of my nerves and pulse
Adrenaline flys through my veins, on wings of fire and ice
Racing through my body like an out of control shooting star
And my head is spinning, smoking, sputtering and aching
Crafting, counting, sorting, sifting, suggesting
A thousand different things per second
Dissecting,discarding, displaying all possible possibilities
Struggling to reach some sort of solution
Attempting, to no avail, to do something
Walk, run, breath, speak, scream, laugh
Something, anything...*sigh* Nothing...
Shaking now, my knees are weak
My eyes close, by a will all their own
I feel your lips greet mine softly
And my body falls gently, yeilding to your embrace...