Fire

This fire that takes years to burn up
takes years to cool down,
and I don't know if now
it is in embers or ashes; but

The fire that cools over the years
warms like an old blanket,
and maybe for people like us
it does need to slow down; so that

This fire that warms just comfortably enough
can grow in the mind as it does in the heart,
knowing who we are without each other
and how we want to be when together; because

The fire that grows in the mind
finds us kindling the fire anew,
even if it may take years further
to burn and to cool and to settle or leave; who can say.