`

i will not be scorched
by the flame of another
i shall keep my fire
fueled only by the pure
kindling found deep
within the terrain
of my wooded home


the sun shall bring
enough light by day
and a torch well-lit
shall provide steady
footsteps to tread
the dark by night

[as I search for what
I cannot find or name]

no light save by the moon
on occasion when it
occasion finds
would reflect the sun bright
from yonder hemisphere
and translate another's flame

that illumines my weary soul
with tongues & quills of fire
which intermingle in a display
of fiery, scathing sparks
and warm, glowing rays
from gently wedded breaths

[to possess at last
what i have named & found]

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