Lost Love

Compassion at the core
The heart glows orange
Embers fuel passion’s fire

Azure and indigo
Like a halo
Around the fuel
The flame burns hottest
Nearest the source

Then yellows
Heat tapers
Flickers
Licking the air
Breathing it

Burning
Guttering
Flame

Suddenly
Snuffed

Leaving an ember
Residual glow
Slowly receding
Into charcoal

Now a memory
A whisp of smoke
A thin line

Trailing off
Into

Nothingness