if you were an element
i’d call you Belleium.
a one of kind discovery
dark, flowing, magnetic
your skin is conductive
it sends sparks up my arms
and resists separation
your thermal properties are unique
resistant to heat, slow to cool
the reaction between us takes time to glow red hot
that’s okay
I have a low melting temperature
at least around you
layer upon layer of strata
you are a rainbow inside
with a new beauty to be found from each angle
you’re intoxicating
potent
producing a clean high
with no side effects beyond addiction
you don’t degrade
but resist entropy
and grow
Art Credit
Cover - Cheryl Safren
Background - Isidor Kullgren
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