A flame I was Looking out across this vast world of candles All slowly dying out Plunging the world into darkness And I searched and I searched And when I could not find another flame My light began to dwindle And when I had given up the search Given up hope I chanced to see A flame Shining out from the darkness I cried out for joy Reaching out for its entrancingly beautiful warmth Which I received lovingly And returned I was enraptured Enthralled For a time But having grown accustomed to the warmth I became lax and inattentive And in turn Was burnt A flame sent screaming out of the heavens Howling in pain Into the darkness of the world below Again And I watched my old flame from a distance And anguished over my foolishness Battling my remorse My sorrow I reached out tentatively for the flame Yearning for its warmth Its love And though I was terribly afraid of the darkness I was yet fearful of being burnt Yet again