Together We Are, by Mary McCarthy

Untitled, by Zdzislaw Beksinski (Poland). 1984.

Together We Are                          
                                                          
Huddled in the clutch of love
so long our bones stand out
bare, uncovered
by the soft sweet flesh
that was ignited
in the furnace
of our consummation.
 
Like paper in fire
we flare up
we curl into each other
locked in intimate exclusion
of anyone beyond
our fierce embrace--
where we burn forever
only for ourselves
fused hip to hip,
bone to bone
incandescent,
one body
reinvented, reborn
forged in the crucible
of blind desire.
 
Mary McCarthy 
 
This poem was written as part of the sex and art ekphrastic Valentine's Day challenge.

Mary McCarthy has always been a writer, but spent most of her working life as a Registered Nurse. She has had work published in many on line and print journals, and has an e chapbook “Things I was Told Not to think About” available as a free download from Praxis Magazine online.