Twice as Hot

Poem #299 in this blog, an interesting piece, best understood if you'd read the five hundred or so before it in the collection it comes from.

Twice as Hot

the fire that burns twice as hot
usually
(note the word)
usually
only burns for half the time.
but if you dare
to take it up a notch
to where gas becomes
nuclear plasma
and the oxidation
becomes fusion
it can last forever.
it is just few have
the courage
to burn so hot
that they blind
the world and
risk annihilating
the universe
with their glory.
for we are mortals and
immortality
frightens us.
so I will wait
in the torus
and see if you show.
for I saw the spark
in your eyes
as you raised your head
and dropped your guard
and held me
in a doorway
in New York.


William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.