"Sometimes a Fire" by L.M. Cole

Sometimes I’m a fire you say, distant stare you’re thinking of oil slick, flame lit, tossing black clouds upward to an unreachable sun Sometimes you’re a fire I say, loving gaze I’m thinking of hearth warm when I’m day worn your embers crackling sending fireflies to the stars Sometimes we’re a fire we say, heated daze we’re thinking of dripping sweat, cool sheets wet with the window open so the moon can look on Sometimes we were a fire we say, wistful glance we’re remembering hot nights, cooled fights, not little moments spreading like fading ripples in a pond

L.M. Cole is an emerging poet from the American Midwest. She has had work published in Strukturris Magazine, Substantially Unlimited, and once won 1st place in a fan-fiction writing contest at a North Dakota anime convention. She is a mother of three, owned by a cat, and is in the midst of moving across the country to heed the call of the sea. Twitter is @_scoops__