Embers

The warmth of a word
Written in your hand
Kindles in me
Embers emblazoning my bones

If I open my mouth
The light will leak out
Pouring from me
Golden as a summer sunrise

So I purse my lips
Smiling
Letting it bubble and fizz
Within my chest

It's too soon to let it out
To allow it to tumble luminous
Uncontrolled
Over the whole of me

I am a secret kept
Necessarily for a time
But oh, how I'll glow
When the moment arrives