Is your flame burning as bright as it was when you first fell in love? Time takes it toll on a relationship. All of the little splinters of life cause the flame to die down. All the residuals of unresolved issues turn the fire into suffocating powder. What does it take to rekindle the flame of the loving relationship you once had. Read the poem and enjoy the imagery.
Love Lights the Flame
Hot coals of love burn down to ashes
Glowing in the white powder of life
Smoldering in pain and suffering
Red-orange and glowing embers of what once was
The story of our life reduced to ashes
Hard clinkers of melted molten anger
Igneous chunks of hate and despair
No life, no fire, no will to rise anymore
But then… shaken and stirred
They fall through the grate
Giving breath and life to remaining embers
Letting go of despair shedding the pain
Finding forgiveness reigniting the flame
The breath of love makes the coals glow red
The choking dust of life shaken free
Only the embers of love remain
Rising up the rekindled flame
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