Round and round, those wheels of fire,
My hurt, my fear, delight, desire,
Hung whirling in that dark-green tree.
I could not tell, so fast they spun
Like scarlet star and crimson sun
In all the leaves’ intricacy,
What incandescence clear or sombre
Might light one flower from another,
Delight or fear or agony;
But all in that same shape they blazed
Of flame whirled into symmetry.
And round they went – I stood amazed
In hurt, in fear, delight, desire,
To see my life in wheels of fire
Go round that dark and silent tree.
(Douglas Alexander Stewart)
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