Forgoten

The flame has burned for generations
from one wick
to another
reason is sustenance
on hearths a flame is conferred

it is nurtured in classrooms
emanating beams on
On Pallas's breast as a beacon
sage to the capricious
on hearths a flame is conferred

Progressively illuminated halls
as starlit ebony waxes
anathematized as Coyolxauhqui
pious conviction justifies
on hearths a flame is conferred