J. I. Thomas F. Poet Sonnet

Pilot Lights and a Bonfire

'Tis not a question I've heard often asked:
"What is the working model of your love?"
Yet how can one set out with what they're tasked,
if they don't know the rules their dear thinks of?

Such strange query to pose, before she knows
you've opted to search through the maze for her.
But if there's no map, each choice that you've chose,
might do more harm than good to lovers pure.

My theory is this: there are many souls;
several pilot lights may wait within.
At any time, only one is fed coals;
one bonfire to grow or burn out again.

Pilot light to inferno ... if you chose.
So tell me, my dear, am I one of those?

14 April 2023

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Daniel Turner April 14, 2023 at 7:33 PM I enjoyed reading this fun sonnet, JI. If she starts singing come on baby light my fire, I think your in:) J. I. Thomas F. April 14, 2023 at 10:13 PM lol - thanks for the read and comment! First time I listened to that Doors song all the way through :)