Flames of Lust

The circle of flames
Leaps, cavorts.
Shining shimmers of icy blue
Tamed by yellow;
Sun's smaller cousins.
Hungry-
Consuming and consumed.
Brought to reality,
And yet in the same
Continuum dies:
For the fullness of Life
Is but another
Mask of Death,
Separate yet linked;
Passion's child.

Copyright 1976  J. Montgomery