Red Dusk

A poetry challenge entry with two versions: rhyming version and non-rhyming version

(Rhyming version)

Twist of fate or twisted love
Your heart boils red fire through blood
Will it be a candle in darkness
At the dark damp dusk of the end
Or could it be the twist that brings it
For a candle can light your world or burn it
So watch where your love is fated to lead
Even a heart in love can bleed
Is the dusk all damp and red
Alone with darkness and candle dead


(Non-rhyming version)

I feel the twist of flame between us
The first red sparks of love
But this isn't the first fire I've seen
I know a candle can light up your world or burn it
So I hesitate wondering
Will this twist of flame warm my life
Or leave me alone in the dusk
I feel the heat of red fire through blood
And the damp on my brow
Is this the twist of fate I've been hoping for
Or another candle soon snuffed out