Inferno

In a world without light

I hold my candle in the wind 

flickering and sputtering for life

Against the threatening storm

I hear an earsplitting screech of desperation

Scanning the darkness for the source

Only to realize it came from deep within 

Reverberating through my bones

and harmonized by distant breaking hearts

A single tear slips through the clouds

falling unnoticed

Onto a gray, barren land. 

 Groping and desperate 

I hold my candle to the heavens

a small prayer 

a faltering home 

 Let the faint Candle 

become an INFERNO