Love Poem: Stolen Flame
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Written by: Romeo Naces

Stolen Flame

in this city's din of urban indifference
                    and solitude, let me hear again  
                       the faintest echo of the mute 
                          music from a heart generous, 
                             grateful;

                 in the caves of the cold-bloodied cruelty
                    of calloused hearts, let me glance
                       at the haziest halo of affection
                          from a hand caring,
                             giving;

                 in the scornful unbelief of  self-deifying
                    demigods of the stolen flame of science,
                       let me feel the soul-soothing 
                          solace of a faith forgotten, but 
                             ... never lost.