Fire

FIRE

I'M A BITTER ECLIPSE
AS I COVER YOUR LIGHT
I'M A MOUNTAIN OF SORROWS 
I CARE NOT FOR YOUR PLIGHT

MY EYES THEY ARE DARKNESS
THEY ARE BLINDED WITH STRIFE
I'M A BUCKET OF PIECES
IN THE MOSAIC OF LIFE

I AM A DARK FORCE
WITH HORROR AS MY FACE
SO REACH OUT YOUR ARMS
JUST ACCEPT MY EMBRACE

MY VEINS THEY ARE CHAINS
TO HOLD ME IN LINE
THEY BEAT TO YOUR HEART
IT'S MY RHYTHM MY RHYME

BUT EVEN THE EDGES
WHERE I AM MOST DARK
THERE'S A FLARE THAT SIMMERS
A NOT TO DISTANT SPARK

I WATCH AS THE FLAME
SEARS MY NAME ACROSS EARTH
TO MARK THOSE WHO BATTLE
TO ERASE MY WORTH

ANGELEA PAUGH
 10.30.2016

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Honest, powerful and worthwhile words my friend.
"I WATCH AS THE FLAME
SEARS MY NAME ACROSS EARTH
TO MARK THOSE WHO BATTLE
TO ERASE MY WORTH"
I liked the above lines. Made me wish to read more. Thank you Angela for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[angeleapaugh]

You'll never believe how this one came about! Someone gave me a blank book with a ring of fire on the front of it. He said "Just remember, Ang wherever there is darkness, there is also a fire burning.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

angelapaugh,
"Fire"
The destruction of flaming passions which ignite uncontrolled and hurtful realities are present in this world. Your poem is a fitting epitaph to this side of life which can haunt and divide individuals, groups, families........
Blessings,
Kathy