methanol

never

in the nature of the physical

realm of possibilities

approved, agreed of the tingle

between methyl and lighters.

flames

ablaze down oil-slicked

marble of what i am. i hear the

fragile, fallen, sullen down

your throat. emotions fuse.

friend,

our souls were ablaze, and just like that, i saw

the wildfire of untold phenomena

unveil the heart of the chemical,

lyrical, and melifluous, which matched

because

in the resolution between gasses and

energy, alcohol and heat - driven, we

find ourselves burnt in the incandescence

of the scorch and in this, the realization

materialized in ash

as ash

after the water finally smothered the fire,

the conservation of the fire

remain, as pure, concentrated, untainted

love as love can ever be