A flame once burned

hidden
invisible
irreversible

choked flames
quenched fire
crushed lyre

sparse daylight
muted bog
creeping smog

dying memory
closing wold
emerging cold

infinite reclusion
elusive distance
moribund resistance

pervasive silence
predominant nothing
abandoned feeling

poem by Ellie Daphne van Stralen
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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