A tiny flame, burning inside my core,
Kept me radiant and alive
And when my world was dark and sore
Its warmth and glow helped me survive
The trauma and the injuries I suffered
Added more spark to my flickering flame
Instead of dying down it preferred
To take the test head on and play the mind game
Its bewitching beauty grew along with time,
Filled my heart with courage and desire
Burst out in a song full of lyrical rhyme
And danced with gay abundon like a flyer
The tiny blaze evolved, got enlarged a bit abnormally
To the extent it became an all consummate fire
Engulfed me with lashing tongues, so, finally
To put an end to my mortal entity, became my funeral pyre
~Sudha Dixit
Bangalore, India