[Poem] Fire

FIRE

In the dingy alleys of a forlorn city
around smoldering embers they sit
Unsure of what tomorrow may bring
yet, brimming with determination and grit

Thoughts serenade to swaying crops
and the aroma of soil wafts across
Eyes brim with tears, perchance
a brute reminder of Yesterday’s loss

Beckons an edge with no return,
To pitfalls, chances, a life of sin
But, refusing to let desires die, they burn
The fire outside and the fire within

Vijay © 17th January, 2006