an ardent desire of flames was burning its passion held captive within our hearts the temple of bodies arced in yearning when fingers became restless like mozart's melodies played beneath flickers of love as sparks grew fuller than this moon tonight more lambent in glow than what shone above the gleam of those stars in your eyes alight lit the passageway of your soul therein I could feel the heat of love searing me as each glance sparked the flame that burned within its brilliance blinded me, i could not see the embers as they lie dying from sight its death left my soul with a lonely plight 02/09/2020 Sonnet True Love Contest Sponsored by Brenda Chiri