Faded Fire

Kelvin Bueckert
Sep 20, 2023

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Flickers

of orange

wink out

one

after another

while a finger

of grey

stirs

the currents

of air

as the bitterness

of ash

coaxes tears

from a face

twisted by emotion

oh for a match

to spark

a fire

like there used to be

here in the bitter smoke

hovering over a pit

of dying flame

oh for a song

to light these lips

and burn

away the black within

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Kelvin Bueckert

Lives and writes on the plains of Manitoba, Canada…he is an actor, writer, and has also been known to peddle books on his website…www.kelvinbueckert.com