It slips into me

before I am aware of it.

I wonder if you know

What you do to me

And if you knew

What would you say?

I watch you now

Stealing glances

As you bed down

Yawn and stretch

You, my

Thief of hearts

Hot blood hums in my veins

Courses through my body

A fever, a wildfire

of fear and desire

And you the fuel

Yet I am the one consumed

I stir my soul to blaze

Embers fly upward as angels

If you looked at me now

Through a hole in the fire

Met my gaze

With your smile

I would tell you

Everything

In an unguarded rush

That I am Appetite

Feeding upon my own flesh

Tasting you

Ambrosia

Upon my tongue

And still, it is not enough

I hunger

For an echo of my devotion

A mirror of my desire

My body devoured

Even as I feast upon yours

I am Ravenous

Your body my food and drink

Sipped, nibbled and gulped

But always renewing

For I am insatiable

I am the glass half empty.

Half fool.