Images

Look close at reflections of candlelight,
Watch them dance like bumblebees,
Hear the fireworks of sparks and pops,
Jumping ‘round in flames of glee.

Look high upon their crowns,
And low as nails drip red,
Haunting metaphors in tiny fires,
Crackling thorns on feet that bled.

Reach in to touch these images,
A charcuterie of meat and cheese,
Smell the sunflowers of Van Gogh,
All visions that capture me.