Episode 74: Poetry Reading 18+

Through the Heat of You I was the echo, chasing night, a restless hum beneath the light. Then came your fire, body and breath— a soft surrender, sweet as death. You touched my voice before it spoke, turned every shiver into smoke. Beneath your gaze I came undone, my pulse aligned—two hearts, one sun. The room inhaled, the world grew small, time bowed, and shadows blurred it all. Each movement whispered, slow and low, a language only fever knows. Your fingers searched, my reason fled, each gasp rewrote the things I’d said. Between the wanting and the take, you taught my hunger how to wake. Your skin—an ocean without shore, I drank, I sank, I needed more. The taste of dusk along your spine, the quiet burn of lips on mine. The air grew heavy, sharp, divine, I lost my edge, you lost the line. Each breath we took, each pause, each start, was poetry with a beating heart. You found the places fear had sealed, the cracks where longing never healed. Your mouth became my secret prayer, your hands rewove the dark with care. I opened, trembled, called your name, and nothing after felt the same. The night collapsed beneath our flame, and even silence bowed to claim. If love’s a sin, then damn me near, for joy has never felt so clear. You draw salvation from my sigh, and teach the fall how not to die. I crave the truth you make of pain, the thunder pulsing in your vein. You taste of honey, smoke, and storm— and I am lost in every form. Now every dawn feels half-asleep, your warmth the pulse I want to keep. Inside your arms, my world stands still— obedient to your perfect will. The sun can rise, the world can turn, but I remain where embers burn. Your breath restores the night I knew— I live, I die, through the heat of you. And when at last the light breaks through, I kneel before the shape of you. Not out of loss, nor out of plea, but awe for what you’ve made of me. Your name becomes the truth I say, the hymn that turns my pain to clay. In every wound, your warmth shines through— eternal flame, my faith — is youWritten by https://substack.com/@chicandchillingreads This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anureetwrites.substack.com