What Once Burned
what once burned hot on a spring night
dwindles, extinguished like a tallow's light
nothing to sustain, nothing to hold
as it all fades away into afterglow
what once held dreams in sleepless arms
a kiss of a lover with all of its charms
hangs heavy and weightless in a darkened room
the fragrance remaining from its musky perfume
what once played on a mountain breeze
a love song lilting through mesquite trees
evanesce gone like the lyrics sung
over too soon, never begun
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