Embers

Though the fire of my life

Has long gone out and

Only cold ashes still remain,

Though not even a spark

Has flickered weakly from

Beneath the gray powder in

The bounds of my memory,

Though any heat has

So completely seeped from

My charred remains,

It is doubtful there was

Ever any at all,

You have pierced the shadows

With a glimmer of hope

That I ache for but

Should not grasp at.

The fierce blaze of

Your kindness that forever

Shines through your smile,

The gentle warmth you

So effortlessly radiate

To all that you touch,

The selflessness of your

Heart at the center of

An inferno so different from

The wasteland of my being,

Leads me to wish

That my flames were not lost

In infinite darkness,

That I could burn as bright

As your blazing star,

That your beacon of light

Could rekindle the

Embers of my soul.

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Inspired by A Tale of Two Cities :)