A Bonfire
written by: Aaysid
I threw a bonfire one night
just for myself,
but they came anyway
and brought their own fuels
for the raging fire—
I saw a lyric in ashes,
a dour sonnet suspended
in the forbidding smoke,
and when a rhyme went up
in the tiniest of flames,
it left charred sadness behind;
together we looked up
at the soot-covered sky,
and it felt as if our fires
and fates were entwined!
I am a lecturer in Medical Physiology from Pakistan, but a good part of my heart has always found a home in the written word. I am an introvert; therefore, I draw inspiration for my poems from my prosaic day-to-day life and the books I read. I hope to gather my poems one day and put them into a book that I could give to friends who love my love for poetry.
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