Burning

February 27, 2014

Burning

Bonfire: primal scent of woodsmoke,

red beacon, warning sign, wild dare

to the prowling, predatory darkness.

And here, in our backyard,

safe as we are on the patch of land we claim,

even here, as the light flickers in your dark eyes,

you can still hear the old nightmares calling.

And the embers drift up to the firefly flames

of the ancient Andromeda stars.