Ioana Ieronim: The Lens of a Flame

ISBN: 978-606-92387-1-4

The Lens of a Flame

but what are we?

we who have found

the void in the golden middle

and wildfire at the core

and at the crossroads – no good choice,

like in that old Romanian fairytale

pebbles struck in the dark

kindled the fire

– here, the scent of fire in our palms

are we then dragons

wolves

salamanders

who have fed on words of fire

and have opened a thousand eyes

yet there’s only one way given

for us to see

through a lens, the flame

rugged and silky

that envelops us

Ioana Ieronim