Monday, August 12, 2024

idle 2014

 

Love is never idle

the great poets say

even when it seems we play

like Nero did to Rome,

we fiddle while our hearts burn

 aching to make this romp

 into more than play

this painful attraction

turned as idol magic

into longing too deep

 to be taken lightly

and even at this distance

 even when we seem estranged

it still stirs an old cold

waiting to be shifted

so we may set the flame

once or fiddle to our hearts content

 even when Rome Burns

 


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