Flame                          

You can let your love run free,
and fall in love with everything you see.

But if the flame you do not tend,
it will burn you in the end.

For if you start to burn another,
they'll stomp you out, as you'll discover.

They leave you alone, with out your flame,
to never be ignited again.

You can keep you love inside,
kept away, where it can hide.

But if you do not watch your flame,
it might burn you all the same.

For if you let your flame go out,
your love will follow a different rout.

It could dissipate, or disappear,
leaving you no love, just fear.

You flame may never light again.
But you'll find out, in the end.

No matter how gone your flame may seem.
Love can flow back like a stream.

Someone out there has a spark,
the kind of which relights your heart.

Your flame they can re-illustrate.
They're the one, your true soul mate.

Ian W. Park