Love is a flame
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
Kek Lok Si
Penang, Malaysia
Penang, Malaysia
Taken during travels, 1995