It flares up fast, love at first sight

Surrounding you with light,

warmth

 

The flame, with its hypnotic dance

fills the cold air with sweet fragrance

 

Encircled by comforting glow

Yet, by a dark shadow,

menaced

 

You cling hard to it, for it's dark,

The rain can make it spit and spark

 

If it drops, it will extinguish.

Oh Anguish!

Filling eyes with tears -

 

Billowing clouds of acrid smoke,

strangling your breath, making you choke.

 

All that you saw, clear, in your mind,

is gone,  You had sight.

Now you're blind.