<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=471090" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Tongue Of Fire</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I hauled a match stick out<br>From its metronomic slumber<br>And strike it against its house<br>It ignited, flickered and sputtered<br>Until a tongue of fire stabilizes<br>Descanting the lugubrious serenade<br>That dislimns the fix of planets<br>And to taste the sulfuric savor of life<br>It kissed the wick of a candle<br>It shared its sagacity<br>And snooped around him<br>And decided that it was<br>Too harsh to reside<br>In this ubiquitous darkness<br>He folded his flame, <br>Seethed for euthanasia<br>Then died away</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Whilst the candle cradled <br>Its brand new glow with pride<br>Cautiously in a frail bassinet<br>But a wishful whisper blew<br>Into its very skeleton<br>Vulnerably naked and hapless<br>It shivered and cringed<br>The tongue of fire was gone<br>Devoured by an innocuous gesture<br>With all the unheeded wishes<br>Into the sepulchral fathoms<br>And the world shriveled<br>From its sanguine glow<br>The candle melted tears<br>From the incredulous life giving<br>But light is ephemeral<br>While darkness is eternal<br>And its life will<br>Never come back.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Norman+Santos">Norman Santos</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=471090" data-title="A Tongue Of Fire de Norman Santos" data-description="I hauled a match stick out From its metronomic slumber And strike it against its house It ignited, flickered and sputtered Until a tongue of fire stabilizes Descanting the lugubrious serenade That dislimns the fix of planets And to taste the sulfu..."></div> </div> </div>

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