Carol Mitra Poet Free verse

A Fire Within

A fire dreams inside a pit
Cosy as it starts to glow
Matching the fire burning within
Seeping in the warmth it throws.

Her flames now reflecting in my eyes
Amber coloured hot ribbons of light
The sparks now fly, with crackling sounds
The wind helping it, in it’s crazy dance

The need to leap and fly
The embers with destructive strokes
Landing close to flaming wood
The glow slowly dying out with billowing smoke

The dreams it stole, now rising up
From the darkness of my soul
Now burnt to ashes, a silver grey
Left warm and silent on the ground.

Ambedo
Sponsor: Silent One
Dated: 1.11.2020

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Anne-Lise Andresen November 5, 2020 at 12:20 PM - Congratulations on your winning poem, Carol :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Silent One November 5, 2020 at 6:28 AM Great take on the contest, I like your use of fire as a metaphor... Congratulations on your placement in the contest.. Carol Mitra November 5, 2020 at 7:29 AM Thank you Silent one...much appreciated.

John Gondolf November 1, 2020 at 5:39 AM I enjoyed this verse, Carol, as we age I think we all reminisce about the dreams we left behind. Nicely penned. John Carol Mitra November 1, 2020 at 5:45 AM Thanks John....much appreciated.