inferno by phil burns
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inferno
I feel that spark the first time I see her
on a dark icy cold winter’s night
the January gloom dissipates now
her smile is as bright as daylight
the flames warm my heart without warning
I am never the fall in love kind
but the look in her eyes sends me reeling
in an instant I know she’ll blow my mind
the fire she lights overwhelms me
never before has my life been so good
but I overlook one tiny factor
a furnace devours so much wood
the inferno lasts only a short time
the passion burns out in a flash
her radiance like a glorious sunset
leaves me discarded in a grate full of ash
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