Mixed Emotions

Fire burns in the night,
bright and dancing,
mocking,
almost human,

Dangerous and siren-like,
calling to you like Ulysses’ songstress,
full of promise,
full of peril,

like live,
like life,
like the soul itself,
powerful, persuasive and frightening,

a maelstrom,
threatening and beckoning,
a lover with a knife,
a killer whose caress

bids you to lean lovingly
to your death.

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The picture was taken in the fire pit behind my house. you can click on it for a larger version.

Tom