Dante Alighieri & I Poem by Shirley Harrison

Where indeed
if not my love tangled
would I be?

standing upon
my very own inferno
in misery?

how could I forsake love
that is burning in flames?

should I put it in a jar
suffocating it with closure?
​​​​leaving the air frozen in an untimely death?

my ever aching wish to
spread my fire of passion
onto you
leaves my soul and my heart
in a world without sense

there will never be a place
I could cherish more
in life or in death
than to be in your arms

therefore...
I could only be truly satisfied
in paradise or inferno
as long as I am with you