I found myself waking up to a cold home one heated summer moning.
My body was frozen and my blankets were made from ice.
The whole day I was bundled in black clothing with no heat escaping.
No matter how much I wore, I got colder as the day wore on.
Suddenly I began to sweat and the heat was unbearable.
My clothes began to ware away I didn't know why.
Then I saw the sun slowly walking toward me.
I was almost naked when I realized that the blinding light was an Angel.
The wings started to unfold and it was a man.
He held out his hand to me with a broad, trusting smile on his face.
''There's still a little more that must be shed away.
Let me help you.
I will warm you from the inside out or outside in whichever you preffer.
I will love you til love can hold us together no more.''
At that I was scared that he would turn to such a demon.
I thought that he would take me down to Hell for such lustful feeling.
I didn't want to know.
I took me hand back and ran from him.
He called to me again and again, but I refused him.
Later in life still I am frozen to the mid bone.
He came up to me with three little ones of his own.
He, His wife, his children all look happy.
It was when he seen me that his smile was uncertain.
''I still love you.
Please, remember me.''
He wispered into my easr as he walked on by.
That's when I knew I screwed up.
My pounding heart was love not lust.

Dave, you still have My Heart's Beat.