Wildfire

This wildfire love burnt itself down.

And what did I learn?

I learned that a wildfire can be put out overnight;

that the flavor of someones mouth and heart and skin can be burned from your tongue and replaced with acid and rust and dirt,

I learned that there are no directions for loving someone, and no instructions on how to bring them back, no matter how many nights you spend screaming at the moon, with your whole heart bursting under the stars and your insides swelling up with everything you've lost.

I learned how to cut and clean and bandage; go to sleep and wait until the next night then repeat.

I learned that the dreams don't stop even when you ask them to,

and that the people you love become ghosts of somebodies you once knew.

I learned that someone can love you, but that doesn't mean they'll stay,

And I learned that even when the world ends, it's still going the next day.

Author's Note

Don't know why the words are so close together... try to read around it.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Directness and harshness in the words.
"I learned that someone can love you, but that doesn't mean they'll stay,
And I learned that even when the world ends, it's still going the next day."
I don't know. I believe love is difficult. You need two people with same needs at the same time, same place and can find each other. Hard to do. I believe love is like leggos. Find places together and become stronger with life experiences. Need to built a strong love. Ain't easily done. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry. Made me think this morning.
Coyote

[Justin]

that was awesome!!! it is set up really cool :) :) it tells a great story in short form :)

[Lauren]

Thank you! :)

[Justin]

your welcome lauren, i really liked it :)

[Falling Cherry]

wow, it seems like you've had such painful heartbreak just by looks of your poem. Nice. It means you've done a good job conveying your message. Yeah, you've got rhyming here which is good. I like the choice of lines as well. Keep it up. :-)

[Lauren]

Painful heartbreak makes the best poetry.
This is so nice of you to say! Thank you :)

[Lauren Burgess]

I noticed in your "About Me" you said you don't do rhyming; however, I see a lot of rhymes here! Don't rule out any type of poetic mode or approach. You'd be surprised what works for you.

[Lauren]

It was something I tried out :) Thank you for your lovely comment!

[♔ CrownedDevil &#..]

Sounds like a lot has been learnt, very interesting. Even when people get older they still learn something new everyday. I'm only 17 and I have a lot more years filled with learning. Nicely penned. :-))

Kaze~

[Lauren]

I'm 17 too! :D Hi!
Thank you so much!

[♔ CrownedDevil ☾]

Lol, and your very welcome. :-)))

[J Johnson III]

Sounds like you learned a lot. Great read for sure. Lessons that everyone has to learn sooner or later. Screaming at the moon, love that phrase.