in the fire with you

let me sit with you
as you burn
in the fire
charring the folds
of your gut,
let me hold you
in the breath
that we share,
where we are born
and consecrated,
let me offer you
nothing but this silence,
that holds it all
as one,
where there are no edges
that give form
to what is,
only you and me
sitting together here,
as one human
being
the flames
of a love
that cannot be spelled
or spent.