“Hearthside” by Ami Kaye

Banked fires, smoldering taut;
consuming, devouring flames.
Dancing flicks of orange blue,
power barely tames.

Inside, upside, all around-
bright heat radiates.
Fascinates the senses,
and never satiates.

Glowing embers,
sparking wood,
showers of light
under fireplace hood.

In the deep of winter
when snow-sky's your dome,
swaddled in cocooned warmth
near the hearth at home.