A Life A Blaze

A Life A Blaze

I’ve accepted the failure

To forget the flaw

To end the chapter

And leave the story

But as dust collects...

And the cold comes back

A book burning smile

Keeps me warm at night

There use to be a hearth

On which it would sit

By its self in the empty room

With its dying glory

But as it dies I do as well

While excuses flow like wine

One more drink to keep awake

It keeps me warm at night

Gold flexes within its heat

Hand to hand and out of mind

Justice served with a cruel balance

A beggar, a thief, and end of times

But as you will so must I

Memories become smoke in flight

Watching my words burn at last

Will forever keep me warm at night

"A Life A Blaze" by Daniel Jaffke