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Lenguas de Fuego
Larry Gowey
Words between them were hurled
Caustic firebrands launched into
A body of dry leavings
Igniting the dead remains of a
Lifeless tree called love
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The fuel of low-lying limbs
Slowly consumed a growing blaze of
Innuendo and suspicion
Becoming a conflagration of contention
Devouring their skin
Laying waste to all it touches
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Ashes turn to ashes
Dust turns to dust
Tongues of fire silenced
The death of their last echoes
Lost in the wind
Con Mortuis in Lingua Morta
With the dead in a dead language
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Fingertips have gone silent
The hint of your smile
Now blends into
The creases of your face
The air no longer
Sings with your laughter
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We are beyond
Words and dreams
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You sit
Not speaking
Pondering the past
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I ponder the future
Sitting shiva
Poet's Description for "Lenguas de Fuego"
"Lenguas De Fuego" is an argument between two people framed in the imagery of a forest fire, a catastrophe that grows out of control when methods to eliminate the fuels that feed the flames is ignored. The fires start small but as they gain strength, everything in their path is in danger. Our words can create sparks that, unchecked, turn into a destroying blaze, leaving nothing in its blackened path.