Lilly in the Desert

Your sweet caress,
the loving way you care so much,
so much.
yet so little comes of it,
all I feel is burning lava pulling my flesh

What I should feel is a gentle fire in my soul,
you bring love and deliver pain,
a pain so deep it sears the soul,
this searing drives me to shame

Shame is a game I play no longer,
blame is a game you play forever more,
regret is the game we take part in,
this game,
o' how it wilts in love's great fire,
the fire which singes us all