Slow Fires - Patrick Woodworth

[Lawrence Robinson]

Slow Fires

Humans are slow fires.
Sometimes we forget we are burning
and wear our faces like wood.
Sometimes our eyes are all smoke 
and no glow, or they water 
from the billowing worlds
blowing their way, or they make
ashes of themselves and sift
for a form.  Better to be 
at the bottom of the wick knowing
you're on fire somewhere.

When the time comes, melt.

	- Patrick Woodworth
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