to the bone

you came to me smiling through tears

i reached to you sure of my years

you humbled me in your wisdom

assaulted my senses with your reality

you stripped me to the bone

showed me my graying soul

charred me in your crucible of passion

you made me young and whole

we danced in the fire

avoiding all  the coals

kissed in the flames

caressed in the night air

made love in music

creating a landscape of forever

©paul viel 2004