Fire: A Poem

A knock on the door

My breath catches

I’m expecting you

A turn of the knob

Flicker

No words needed

You scratch your nape

A forced chuckle

I murmur a hello

Spark

You take a seat

Forearms on your knees

My gaze meets your blues

A dimple, a leer

Glow

I sit with you

And you lean in

Your lips tremble

Then they meet mine

Ignite

And everything stops

Only to be set ablaze

Burning

Scorching

Smoldering

The kiss is over

The world is moving now

Our thoughts entwined

Our moment done

Extinguish

An expert editor, best-selling author, and book marketer, Shayla Raquel works one-on-one with authors and business owners every day. A lifelong lover of books, she has edited over 400 books and has launched several Amazon best sellers for her clients.

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She is the author of the Pre-Publishing Checklist, The Rotting (in Shivers in the Night), The Suicide Tree, and The 10 Commandments of Author Branding. In her not-so-free time, she acts as organizer for the Yukon Writers’ Society, volunteers at the Oklahoma County Jail, and obsesses over squirrels. She lives in Oklahoma with her dogs, Chanel, Wednesday, and Baker.