You lit the spark of love one day Within my heart And tended it until you saw The love-flame start. And when you saw that all around It brightly burned, You turned, and wandered down the road All unconcerned. The years have passed. 'Mid charred remains New walls I form. Yet, even now, I stir and find The embers warm. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WEEDS by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SUNDAY MORNING by WALLACE STEVENS FULFILLMENT by CLARIBEL WEEKS AVERY URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THE FOURTH CANTO, OR LAST QUARTER by WILLIAM BASSE THE HAPPY FOOL by WILLIAM ROSE BENET VILLAGE GREEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |