Laserprint on paper
17 x 11
 
Poem text:
 
Fire
     by Emily Calvo
You are coals:
solid, ready to ignite.
 
I am flame.
Grounded in your shadows
I rise with your spark.
I dance in your glowing heat.
 
Together,
We tame darkness.
Together,
We reach for the sky.
Together,
We warm others with our roaring fire.
 
To others,
I am the one who shines.
They do not know
that should you drown
in life’s torrents
or I suffocate for want of air,
we both fade.
 
Do I consume you? No!
It is your nature to burn,
mine to light.
So after my energy has waned,
after my dance is done,
you’ll lie, white-tinged,
still
warm
                        embers winking in the darkness.