It was so fulminating. <br />A fire burned within <br />from spindly kindling <br />and a breath of air <br />it sprang to life <br />consuming obstacles <br />and dull objections <br />and stark conventions. <br />Iit jumped all gaps <br />yet was not seen <br />by those who could <br />and bravely would <br />rise in defence <br />in bold offence. <br />So unexpected, <br />not wished for even, <br />it took on quickly <br />and without mercy <br />a life of egotistic <br />and autonomic <br />well, somewhat comic <br />and drooling presence. <br />So unprepared <br />so stunned and scared <br />yet breathing in <br />this deadly fragrance <br />and longing for <br />the nectar of <br />a soul ordained <br />for me alone <br />and nought is left <br />to say or do <br />we were as such <br />simply because <br />we had to be <br />it was a law <br />of nature <br />one which can not <br />be broken <br />by mere humans. <br /> <br />A fire burns <br />so cleanly when <br />the darkness <br />of our doubts <br />is absent. <br /> <br />And as I float <br />in saddened waves <br />of smoke and seek <br />those mirrors <br />which could give, <br />perhaps be saviours <br />for answers <br />from my soul <br />and heart <br />my tortured mind <br />does not perceive <br />what she must know, <br />perhaps relieved <br />and rescued in <br />the nick of love <br />from devastation. <br /> <br />I miss you so <br />my heartease flower <br />but hope you will <br />not hear those words <br />or feel the heat <br />or smell the smoke. <br />And if you see <br />a distant fire <br />be not alarmed <br />the smoke has gone.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-fire/
