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Keeper of the Flame

Copyright R. N. Taber 2012

I pile on wood,
and the flames leap higher,
bringing us together
as we were that summer
we’d meet up again
and again to go swimming
in the sunshine,
walking in the rain,
playing with fire
from each dawn to sunset,
now flaring, now fading
like love’s wistful voices,
its weepy echoes

I pile on wood,
and the flames are dancing,
lovers romancing
as we were that summer
we’d cherish
precious moments together,
each one stolen
from those who thought
they knew us,
yet never once suspecting
we were lovers,
not just best of friends
hamming it up

I run out of wood,
too soon the flames starting
to fall away
like an audience once a play
has reached an ending
well deserving of applause
even if no one cares
to admit the staged goings-on
were too close
for comfort, disturbing
vulnerable ghosts
ever tearful for being shut
on some secret closet

Fire smouldering, but a flicker
braving it out

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