Sunday, January 30, 2011

Burning Bush

We spent a lot of time huddled close to the gas fireplace during the blackout- which is finally over!!!! I'm afraid that most of my poems written during the power failure are a bit gloomy, but there are just a few more to go.  I hope things will brighten up after that.

                                                                        Burning Bush


                                                  The ceramic logs in the gas fireplace
                                                  burn and burn without being consumed.
                                                 They give flickering light but little heat
                                                 and never crackle or spark or speak
                                                 of what it is like to last forever
                                                 to those who live with ashes and dust
                                                 and stare deep into the flames for an answer.

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