Abdul Milazi
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Poem "The Flame":
- written June 1994
- published June 10, 2008
- viewed 299 times
Other poems by Abdul Milazi:
»City of God«
»Eclipse the Soul«
»Expressions«
»Footprints Of Sorrow«
»Hail Mary«
»Johannesburg«
»Jozi My Girl«
»Life of a Gun«
»Man on the Moon«
»Midnight Dreaming«
»Miracle of Silence«
»Naked«
»Pause«
»Still Born«
»Stolen Kiss«
»The Dream (Days of Dreaming)«
»The Love Game«
»The Naked Truth«
»The Poet«
»To a Glass of Whisky«
»Woman (Celebrate her)«
»Word Sex«
Visit Abdul Milazi's profile page
Poem "The Flame":
- written June 1994
- published June 10, 2008
- viewed 299 times
Other poems by Abdul Milazi:
»City of God«»Eclipse the Soul«»Expressions«»Footprints Of Sorrow«»Hail Mary«»Johannesburg«»Jozi My Girl«»Life of a Gun«»Man on the Moon«»Midnight Dreaming«»Miracle of Silence«»Naked«»Pause«»Still Born«»Stolen Kiss«»The Dream (Days of Dreaming)«»The Love Game«»The Naked Truth«»The Poet«»To a Glass of Whisky«»Woman (Celebrate her)«»Word Sex«»The Flame«
by Abdul Milazi
in the night around my life
the candle flame flickers attracting insects
it is moths who mostly come to dance around it
a frenzy of love
they fall softly on the table
dizzied or maybe exhausted
the flame beckons
they pick up their wings and take the floor
for another dance
they shimmy up the flame
lose their wings
one last fall
one last dance
they watch the flame
beckoning
the candle flame flickers
the silence screams
screams of torment or pleasure
who knows
it is hard to tell
the candle flame flickers
the night screams
I bury my face in my palms
my thoughts take flight
join the moths around the flame
you are that flame
the candle flame flickers attracting insects
it is moths who mostly come to dance around it
a frenzy of love
they fall softly on the table
dizzied or maybe exhausted
the flame beckons
they pick up their wings and take the floor
for another dance
they shimmy up the flame
lose their wings
one last fall
one last dance
they watch the flame
beckoning
the candle flame flickers
the silence screams
screams of torment or pleasure
who knows
it is hard to tell
the candle flame flickers
the night screams
I bury my face in my palms
my thoughts take flight
join the moths around the flame
you are that flame
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Hettie Van Zyl: "Are we not sometimes like the mot around the flames of life untill it burns our hopes. good thoughts thank you."