Her temper
flares like fire
singeing tulip bulbs;
sudden
frightening,
intense,
and all
consuming.
I embraced
her
and it;
drew it near
and she
felt my arms
around her
containing;
holding;
she beat against
my strength
feeling it
taking the fire itself
quenching
and limp
she lunged
once more
to be reassured
that
she and it
could be contained.
And I wrapped
her
in my arm cocoon
and drew her close
til
I felt her body relax.
No motion now;
still against
the room's landscape.
lover
and lover
embraced.
Fire still
burning
but now a light.
Lonnie Hicks
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/temper-and-fire/
