(on kindling the forbidden past)
by 
ksprinkle
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Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 Word Count: 43 Summary: turn once, then again, an ex-lover here, there, everywhere. |
fire and elegance
broken
like the heart
of Rome
in a single stroke
of history
[a flame inside this dancing duel
persists]
his unholy eyes
beacons in darker days
now
i turn with want
and burn,
marking cinders
with the flood
of years.