Fires of a heart stricken
By pain
By the strands of fate
Flowing as a river
once calm, now no longerCaught within the flames
a single soul reaching out
Grasping for something, someone
Hands fading
with a single smile
GoneWithin those flames
resides something
Something hard
yet soft
Waiting to be taken
To be forgotten
GoneNothing spared
by the blaze
nor the torrent
Yet something returns
flickering
ReturningThe embers have settled
Smoldering ashes
The rare flicker of fire
Brought by a smile
Small
Yet significant
to the something
A shell breaking
SlowlyThe fires blazing again
yet something
something is changed
Gentle blaze
Calm once more