In the dark i stare into the fire.... <br />images of my past seen in flickering lights... <br />subtle shapes given form by imagination... <br />teasing glimpses of my hidden heart.... <br />im haunted by the faces within the flames... <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />my muses... <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ladies of my insipiration... <br />the three graces and loves of my life... <br />one whom i hold close to my heart my beloved wife... <br />her light strong and burning bright warming me inside.. <br />then one who i may never hold for i am already taken... <br />her fire always alluding me at the edge of my vision.. <br />and one who i betrayed and deserted when she needed me most... <br />her rage consuming my soul justly so... <br />their faces dance within the fickle flames.. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />my familiar... <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />a reflected heart tied to mine... <br />my soulmate in sickness and in health... <br />feeling my pain and the inferno within... <br />eyes gazing out of the twisting tounges of fire... <br />her face hiding within the shifting flames... <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />my furies.... <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />the souls that toment me so... <br />awakening my passions and my fears... <br />undermining my world with simple words... <br />inflaming my desires and my lusts... <br />symbols of my darkest rage... <br />contorted faces within the deepest flames... <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />i stare into the fire... <br />all my life passes me by... <br />in a confligration of the senses... <br />my friends my loves my muses... <br />seen as faces within the flames...<br /><br />Peter Madden<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-faces-within-the-flames/
