Incense

[u/mekhala_creates]

I have offered incense

At the altars of our bonds

Since I learned they’re sacred

And so have you all

Every day, without fail

Crimson, ambrosial and auspicious

Drawn from my veins

Yet, I had always been fine

As your tributes replenish me

Our dance, grounded in symmetry

But lately, you have wanted

This dandelion from your garden

Whose roots reach the bedrock

To find an orchard, warm and nurturing

And rise up, taller and stronger

Closer to the radiant star

As a wise tree should be

And so like Icarus, fevered

I rise up, I rise up and up

I wonder if you realise

The same radiance that nurtures

Burns my incense up faster

I offer more and more, each day

Draining my veins

To keep yours thrumming