Reason

i won't touch you
i only take a look and feast my eyes on you

i know what happens when i touch you
you turn into stone and i become fire that cannot burn you

i burn all night and day because i cannot touch you
because i won't dare

i burn all of myself without gaining from this heat
i burn myself in sleep

there is reason that this fire cannot burn
it is like you it is stone

it is the only one that i can touch
the one that now i can fully trust

this stone is cold it is very cold
look at me the burning finally stopped

look at me and if you must feel me
to your hands i am dust i am ashed

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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