Carnival

Dazzling lights shimmer

awhile,  at a distance

Bursting fireworks crackle

with flair and flamboyance

Colored confetti flutter

doing a wayward prance, 

Frosted chocolate melts

lost in a subtle savoury trance!

Flamenco near the firelight
entwined embers, an exquisite dance 

hearts aloft meander

chronicling the carnival motif, perchance!