A Swelling Fire

let the embers pepper my skin.

crawl in that raging fire,

incinerate this omen.

toss away this heart,

frost-bitten with sorrow.

watch with still, cold eyes,

the tissue evaporate,

into the decieving night sky.

I've seen more than my eyes can bare.

Bent and broken,

begging for help.

stomped and trampled,

left for dead.

Little to late to stop this fire.

engulfed in flames.

nothing more than the embers,

The ones that stated this wildfire.

every second pulling me closer.

This fires almost spent,

everything cherished reduced to rubble

Soon i will become the ashes

rising like the phoenix 

resurrected.

restring every fiber of my being.

proceed to wait for the spark.

let the emebers pepper this body.

once again dissolve into nothing.

assume it was better off this way.

fade away somewhere safe.

Reviews

[Southern Cross]

Such raw intense emotions. Deeply dark yet the last lines show hope tries to arise out of the sorrow. A place where no heart should ever be and yet so many are. A rebirth will arise and with it a wiser heart within the deep soul worthy of only love and beauty hence forth to one so deserving.

[Brittany]

I totally agree. I couldn't add anything more to this review.

[Sami Khalil]

A splendid read and write...Thank you for penning...:)..................

[Nina C Palmer]

I like this very much. I have a few similar pieces. I like the word "peppered" I am adding it to my must use list. :)

[Kevin S.]

This poem is really well written. It was intense and powerful. I love the phoenix simile.

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. oh gosh ... this is an epic ... your poetic voice is so powerful and compelling ... you write words dipped in the ink of your soul ... and what you have written here is something that i have experienced intensely ... but i can't dream of articulating my experience with such precision ... such perfection ... such honesty ... and ... such earnestness ... awe-inspiring work, dear poet ... utterly awe-inspiring ...