Have you heard …

Flames
Sparks
In a blue fireplace
Logs hold embers
though some have gone out
or dimmed.
Brilliant shades of orange
yellow
pink
purple
blue
Cool grays
and the smooth, even black
behind the sparkling embers.
Puffs rise and smell of fire
carrying with them
that dead flame
known as
ash.
Warmth fills the room
except the very
back
corners
where it is cold
and dark.
One spark
Two sparks,
spit out by the fire
fading
in the corners,
flecks of gold
in the darkness
Sun sets
Turquoise sky
City [...]

Hi, people out there who are reading this may recognize this name. You may or may not associate it with the person about whom I am writing. This Angelina is my one and only cousin, Angelina Ramirez-Sotelo (she isn’t my only cousin, but she’s the only one with that name).
Her personality is fun-loving [...]