One

a poem by Ajai Narendran

Fire
When your unspoken words
of tender affection wrote in silence
all that is unsaid,
In that silence, silence began to sing.
I am the lamp you lit
with the warmth of your being;
Your warmth is mine as my effulgence is yours.
In your absence
I flicker and fade…
So when you need some light
in the dark of the night
carry me like a fire in your heart.