The Burning Within Me

-An excerpt from, His Love Letters

“When you’re away from me, our home within my heart is unsettled; as if an earthquake has disrupted the very foundation of my steps, darkened of what it once was when you were safe in my arms.

Like a King who has lost his Queen, the burning within me steals my peace until your return.

What kingdom is worth protecting, when you’re outside the hold of its strong high walls? What sunrise is worth embracing when my nights hold only your absence?

No, let no light shine within me, but this burning…until your return. Let no bird’s song lighten my heart, until the scent of your hair confirms my loneliness has ended.”