sacred relationship

Sitting on a mountain of chi

My energy coils

A cobra in my belly

Dangerous, untapped,

Turned inward

What would be the cost of freeing her? 

A fire unchecked destroys worlds 

It must be cultivated carefully

Contained in a circle of earth or water

Allowed to dance furiously 

Within the boundaries of trust. 

Will you hold me as my flames 

Lick the sides of your soul? 

I cannot promise we will not burn

Alchemy requires it 

All that is unnecessary sizzles 

Fat on a fire 

The dross 

Must rise to be lost. 

I am you, you are me

The alloy of we  

Melts molten into something new 

It will the fiercest joy

Pain we might die from, 

Passion we swear has killed us, 

Truth that leaves us bleeding out. 

We will obliterate identities 

Die in transformation. 

It is not for the faint of heart. 

It will not be easy. 

We will choose again and again 

To walk through the fire. 

Any less is less than me. 

And all of me requires 

Nothing less than all of you.