elegant the way you walk
and talk like you know everything
but, alas, my love you fling
away like litter, unseen gawk

lady luck, my dearest doom
groom your beauty all you like
Still, all truths in silence strike
and the love in you will bloom

love in you, but not for me
see, I am but firewood
and you burn me, like you should
so your flame will flicker free

leave me, ashes on the ground
never found but in your dreams
this my heartbeat worthy deems
so by lifeblood I am bound

love in you, like raging flames
games of courtesy forgot
love ablaze, and you're its god
nothing dampens, nothing tames

oh, like fire reaching high
to the sky in desp'rate dance
I get but a final glance
you must leave me here to die

February 2021