As the light fades and night takes it's duty
Hope does collect tinder and *******
she piles fuel onto the pyers
then with a clipper flick she lights the fires

She watches the flames take hold
they rush to consume eagerly
wood crackles, splitting and spitting  
throwing embers into the cool night air

Her faith never wavers or strays
for her love will be back someday
and as the cloak of darkness surrounds her
she takes comfort in the fires glow

Sitting by the embers of carbon spent
a tear does run down her face
that painful ache in her heart
memories never to be replaced

In a moment of loneliness
Hope does start to sway and sing  
with broken voice and trembling lips
her lamenting song is carried by the wind

She waits in solitudes cold embrace as the sky fills with stars
singing, my love will come back to me one day from so very far


By Christos Andreas Kourtis aka NeonSolaris