Incendiary

we're incendiary
see how my heart sparks at the mere thought of you
on mornings when the cold would seem too cold for anything to burn
there’s fire

this feeling scratches against my insides
like a hot match
like a warm cat pawing
like a cup of tea in my palms, handmade by yours
like a new sun out of our old crackling smoke

you light candles under my skin

i see all your words in fireworks
my eyes shot with soot and sea and sentiment
stowing the ash of these secret declarations like stardust on my hearth

and when you smile
there's small explosions between your teeth
boom
boom
boom

i am alight for you