A world or two.
Colours new.
Raging seas.
Swamped trees.
Shining light.
Creating might.
Crashing storms.
Banishing warmth.
A flicker or flame.
Calling my name.
Summoning rain.
Unearthly pain.
Dying hands.
Tornadoes of sand.
Flesh rotting.
Stop creating.
Complements,
Praise,
Rare to attain.
Achievements,
Rewards,
Hard to sustain.
Doubt,
Dispair,
Not too uncommon.
Delight,
Happiness,
Long forgotten.
Ice,
Freezing,
Yet comforting.
Fire,
my bones, charred and brittle,
scream underneath my weight.
dark. it's so dark in here.
my heart, licked by the sudden flames,
threatens to burst.
ashes fill my shriveled lungs.
my skin, branded for all to see,
itches and burns.
water. i need water.
please.
help me.
it's sickening the hold you still have on me
when you're nothing but
a rotting corpse,
an empty sack of flesh,
decaying
in the dirt
beneath my feet.
yet i still find myself
trying to limit the mess my ashes make when i burn
trying to quiet my screams as i drown
trying to decide how much i can bleed before i stain the carpet
all because of the lessons i learned
from you.
it's sickening.
it started down at his feet
licking his toes with just bearable heat
but then it crawled up and up and up
singeing his hair and scarring his lips
a raging inferno he couldn't predict
what happened?
where did this come from?
how did it start?
who?
but all his answers are screams
tainted in ashes
The forest was a peaceful place
Always bustling with life
Never stopping, forever moving
A world that at no time did stop.
Many creatures had come and gone
From fearsome giants, to tiny souls
As time marched on, so had they
Leaving new beginnings behind.
So it was, in that quiet wood
That one day the ground did rumble
And the critters scattered about in terror
For they knew not what was happening.
What now came this way,
The animals wondered.
What new creations were coming
That could cause such a ruckus?
Like a sullen orb of mercury
He sprawls across the chessboard
Shapeless,
Surrendered, to be shaped
As destiny wills him to be.
Earth trembles,
The board shakes;
Sluggish, he slithers
From one square to another.
Wind blasts,
The board shivers;
He slides from PQ2 to PQ4.
Fire spreads,
The board burns;
He waits, untouched,
Watching the curling
Tierra del Fuego, Land of Fire! How further long
How many days and nights – or would it be months and years
Or – would it be never, I shudder to think.
How further long would you come to me in my sleep
In my waking hours, in my walks in the mountains
How further long would it be when I touch you finally?
Tierra del Fuego, you have remained a dream
Decades old, when unable to resist you, I tore off a picture
And kept you in my treasure chest, locked in the depths of my heart!
I yearned for you so much, Tierra del Fuego!
You were a kindred soul in my tempestuous youth.
Your trees twisted in the storm
Storms, passionate and intense,
Raging waves lashing against the cliffs
Stars litter the sky.
Different sizes, shapes and temperatures,
Though all of them are burning balls of fire,
they are so loved.
I feel as though stars are the flowers of the sky.
everywhere, different, beautiful, and praised.
except burning at anywhere from 3,000 K- 30,000 K degrees.
and they are adored.
searched for.
bought.
sold.
And viewed in the best light.
Seen as kisses of heaven.
i want to be seen, as beautifully as the stars.
i want to be admired,
yearned for,
I wrote a letter
For you to remember
The days we spent together
And the days we spent away with each other
I put my soul into it
And I know you’ll read it
I wonder if it’ll be the last letter
For you to remember the latter
I’ll give you this piece
This piece of my soul
Where I put it in a paper
And let it burn into you.
I wonder if you got the message
This message from my heart
This message from my soul
With this it all ends.
Pain
Like rust
You confused it for salt
It felt as intense as pleasure
Joy
Like oil
You confused for molasses
It felt like a balm to all your wounds
Love
Like fire
You confused it for candlelight
It felt like you could blow it out
she has little
innocent demons
inside her eyes,
and they recklessly
play with matches.
--I've never seen sparks so
pretty