Sparks

Just when the shadow of the beast of loneliness has coalesced and separated from the night, tiny pinpoints of light from a few incandescent sparks of love have driven the creature back towards its lair.

Messages from her close friends, and ten minutes' uninterrupted conversation with her Beloved, have whispered a breath of kind air across the embers in her heart.  They kindled the warmth within her anew, for they held enough words to let Herself know that she is not alone.