I Became In Your Love

I became in your love
a broken leaf,
torn from the tree,
buffeted in terror
by winds unknown 
and then 
in lightness of surrender,
rising higher and higher

I became in your love
a drop of rain,
bereft from clouds,
falling through the sky
in relentless lure
and then
becoming one
with earth's desire

I became in your love
a lamp set alight,
consumed
little by little,
in fierceness of longing
and then
gloriously burning
setting darkness on fire

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