Fire
Mesmerizing trance
Seductive dance
Bouncing flames
Endlessly change
Feel fire’s soul
Rising from the coal
Warm and inviting
Seductively enticing
I’m drawn deep inside
Where the secrets hide
Where oxygen thrives
Keeping flames alive
I want the heat
the flickering beat
as flames rise up
and then retreat
Starve the fire
of oxygen and wood
and it’s soul soon dies
As a human life would
Comforting to know
that it burns for me
I need the certainty
Even when I can’t see
Near enough
to feel the heat
Wanting consumption
to feel complete
Against my will
Denying the thrill
I hesitantly turn
Fearing the burn
Nurturing the fire
Takes more than desire
to watch the flames
as they dance higher
It’s the core inside
where life resides
flames now retreating
Fire’s heart slows beating
Embers glowing
not ever knowing
Will life reignite
or extinguish tonight
Knowing that soon
With naught to consume
Fire’s beauty will just
Becomes ashes and dust
Blackened and dark
No hint of a spark
Feeling the cold
Fire’s secrets untold
Copyright © Judith S | Year Posted 2017
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