Torch

Draw + words. It says:
I traveled to that torch.
With a puff I turned it on.
It was sparkling, incandescent.
My hands burned,
my thumbs burned too.
I asked him to illuminate
my certainties.
"I only follow your steps,"
he replied, and in a flash,
it went out in the
clearest darkness.

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Dibujo + palabra y dice:

Viajé hasta esa antorcha.
Con un soplido la prendí.
Era chispeante, incandescente.
Ardían mis manos, se
chamuscaban mis pulgares.
Le pedí que iluminara
mis certezas.
"Yo solo acompaño tus pasos"
me respondió, y en un
destello, se apagó en
la más nítida
o s c u r i d a d.