“We Are Embers” by Amy L. Sues

We are embers sparked so brief
dancing in our love and grief
desiring to burn stronger and higher
in wonder of what built this fire
yearning to be a phoenix of memory
that rises above all the embers we see
and struggles harder in the dance
yet burns out within a second glance
what is the source that brought this about
we strive to learn and yet burn out
we are embers sparked so brief
dancing in our love and grief