The Extinguished Flame

The Extinguished Flame

Our candle burned brightly once

It swirled and danced to our once united rhythm, bathing us in times of sensual passion

and quiet evenings of just

holding on ….

Its flickering movements swirled to the nuance of our glistening skin, as we stroked each others souls

in a unity of oneness.....

and admiration...

All our senses and spine tingling pleasures replete

No love , more complete

Seasons change as the rivers run dry , like the trails of molten wax,

our flame more susceptible to the swirling winds, as the curtains billowed

We somehow always managed rekindling

but the wick became shorter ….

Sweet music , once so dramatically reverberating and yet …

so immersed in whispered echo ….,

hushed , like fingers upon quivering lips …,

now skipped bluntly across the scratched vinyl

Fires once...now a flicker

I watched in stoic numbness the silent teardrop fall …

Slowly, it dropped in frozen time lapse as memories and desires and yes

even love …...

crashed against the once pooled wax

spilling over the sides of our candle in an avalanche of letdowns , ..mistrust...and regret

I blinked ….

and in that second ….

one silent tear, so transparent …...replaced

The Extinguished Flame

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