Wax Figurine Living On Molten Dreams

I am reading The Heroin Diaries for a second time and it inspired this little write.

 

 

Time is a cold reality

When tossed about

On the waves of infinity

Inside a storm of neglect.

Home is nothing more

Then a square white circle

Sectioned off and marked

       As evidence.

One sniff of the soul’s aura

Brings echoing cries

Of hell’s hounds taunting

       The lonely man in the moon.

When childhood is a prison

You’ve escaped from

Adulthood becomes

Solitary confinement.

The only refuge

Are those straitjacket lies

That wraps the mind

In sugar coated peace,

Till the saccharine melts

Inside a ring of fire

From Satan’s glare

Making your eyes a lit wick

And flesh the wax

When you burn the candle

At both ends.

 

Author's Note

I am reading The Heroin Diaries for a second time and it inspired this little write.

Reviews

[LonelySoul]

once standing tall and proud,passions ignighted along a trickling stream of hot wax,only to climax into a pool of reflection,of what it used to be and has now become...these lines hit hardest to my ears...
Home is nothing more
Then a square white circle
Sectioned off and marked
As evidence.

[just rose.]

These are my favorite lines:

When childhood is a prison
You’ve escaped from
Adulthood becomes
Solitary confinement.

I haven't read the book that inspired them, but they speak to me ... in a way it does. Interesting insight.

[Norma M Sutton]

There is some really interesting imagery used in this one.

[Ashley.M.E]

This is really good, I honestly don't know what else to say. I'm trying to give longer reviews, but there doesn't seem to be anythign wrong with the peice that hasn't been pointed out.

[Georgia Gypsy]

You are so right! Lies do become a straight jacket in life, they hold us prisoner because we believe them after awhile!
This really makes me stop and think, guess i've gotta stop burning the candle at both ends!!
Great job!

[Miss Coral]

This was excellent- perfect imagery, and wonderfully done metaphors. I especially love, "When childhood is a prison
You’ve escaped from
Adulthood becomes
Solitary confinement."
Only thing I'd change is *straitjacket*.

[Ladysue]

wow, this is quite a write, but you told this dark truth very creatively. A very insightful and powerful write...