What do I seek,
  is it the quality of air,
      a mind storm of kinetic energy

or spontaneous combustion
  in a slow burn
      to ash

or both
  the spirit oxygen
    feeding mutable fire?

Would I want the solidity
  and warmth of wood,
    strong fibers that hold fast
      but expand & contract
        allowing absorption?

Maybe a magnetic force
  of metal-to-metal friction
    that torches holes
      in my resistance?

Could it be a merge
  into liquid, two drops
    one ripple in the universe

or a nuclear meltdown
  my
    body
      reduced
        to
         dust?

(c) Linda Gayton 2006