Guarded Fire

They say loving a guarded girl

is the most satisfying of all

because she does not need you

she wants you.

They say that is the purest love

to be wanted and not needed.

My dog does not agree.

Nor any other.

It is a fine thing to be needed

finer still to be wanted

best of all

when you cannot tell the difference.

We think we can manage

the flame, the flint is under

our control, the fuel measured

the height limited.

The tickle and sputter the

flicker and whoosh. We

think we control these things

we do not.

Every fire diminishes to ember.

Except for the raging inferno.

It does what it will.

Goes where it wants.

It always will.

To be loved, ah to be loved.

It is the fire we all wish

to be consumed in.

All you have to do is say

three little words:

I want you.

Author: Daniel Hero

A bit of this, a touch of that, hither, thither, here and there... look for me everywhere. Especially on substack.com/@corregidor

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