une saison enflammée

jadis si je me souviens bien

sitting in a circle

watching a bonfire

where is the gaze going

is turned outward

returning inward

inward to better see outward

to illumine the effacer of traces

gaze blazes on

as fire burns the divide

sparks

fall into the sky

vanishing

drop back into the heart

remembrance's heartbeat

we are on time for

the full moon of ashes

tonight

on time for

the morning of embers

she can speak now

with her soft glow

i hold you within me

keep you i can not