ripples on the surface of water <br />where i laid my love to rest <br />buried under flowers and blankets <br />on an old boat set on fire and adrift <br />and i watched the flames and lights <br />reflected in the water <br />and the stars will stay <br />in my heart forever <br />exactly as they hung that night <br />i memorized the sky <br />as the water swallowed <br />all that the flames did not take <br /> <br />(November,2009, New Orleans, LA, USA)<br /><br />Thomas Quentin Sims<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/flames-drift-water/
