Thomas Quentin Sims - flames drift water

ripples on the surface of water
where i laid my love to rest
buried under flowers and blankets
on an old boat set on fire and adrift
and i watched the flames and lights
reflected in the water
and the stars will stay
in my heart forever
exactly as they hung that night
i memorized the sky
as the water swallowed
all that the flames did not take

(November,2009, New Orleans, LA, USA)

Thomas Quentin Sims

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