Day 16 - Word Checklist

Good morning/afternoon/evening. It is day 16 of Napowrimo and I hope your day is going well. Today's prompt comes from the website Writing Forward and their list of 100 prompts. Specifically I' using prompt number 8 which is what I like to call a word checklist:

"8. Use the following words in a poem: fire, spice, burn, chill, tangled"

I've always liked prompts like this. They really promote the thought of where and how you use words in your writing. Without further ado, here's the poem:

Campfire

Late autumn chill beneath 
hooded canopy of bare-branched tree.

We lie together; legs a mass
of tangled roots. Listening to snap 

crack of branch and coals
as they burn - fire dancing in the 

shadows. Embers flourish up
towards sky - yearning to become stars.

I lean in to the crook of you neck - 
inhale; molasses, cinnamon spice and coffee.

Press of lips against skin,
just to taste your sweetness before sleep.