Flame

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Flame

Love should not be a burning flame

for a flame can be blown out;

one wind misplaced, a breath astray -

and then no more but doubt.

You watch the smoldering wick burn down

to nothing more than ash,

and you wonder and wonder again and again

if this lighting was too rash.

You got too close; the flame too hot

for you to stand there long.

But you had hoped, again and again,

that this candle would prove strong.

Love should not be a burning flame

for a candle dies when the wax runs out,

and you’re left...