Fingers curl
Around a slender object
Ripples of heat spread
Uniformly from its tip

Sizzle and a white plume
The end of my instrument wipes
Caressing, a Saharan landscape
Tick
Silver particles smash
Into a plastic tray

A metallic strand reaching out
Glowing tip approaches
Slow motion, contact
Liquefying fusion

Wisps of grey float before my eyes
Twirling, hypnotising
Fill my eyes and nostrils
Smothering, then wandering away