Engulfed in Flames : Writing

Red Sea

Red Sea

A Poem by Engulfed in Flames


I imagined her beautiful and when she came, she was. her face from a cold, distant land, unexplained. like moonlight she drippedinto my tide; and I an..
Ice

Ice

A Poem by Engulfed in Flames


snow falls tears fallicicle smiles.ice cube hearts.cold bones and frigid feelings. frosted eyelids like frozen glass.bones as fragile as car antennas ..
Sailbones

Sailbones

A Poem by Engulfed in Flames


I dreamed we were sailboats, sailing on a river made of eighth notes and blue jazz rhythms. life was simple, sailing in one directiontwisted current..
Outpatient

Outpatient

A Poem by Engulfed in Flames


my love is as a fever, a sickness with no cure and this chemo ain't working out too much. I'm losing my hair, and throwing up my food, but this tumor ..
Sifting

Sifting

A Poem by Engulfed in Flames


she is sifting through the ashes of a burnt down homefinds no picture albums or old toys, just broken glass and charred bones. ain't nothing left for ..
Palette

Palette

A Poem by Engulfed in Flames


crimson tears cobalt breath outstretched hands and arms a willow tree weeps, its tears melting into a brook, I am flooded with silver streams. I am a ..
I mean yes

I mean yes

A Poem by Engulfed in Flames


i should not take it personally she couldn't love me to save her own life. Sufi poets say that love has nothing to do with the five senses, and Ibelie..
Atoms

Atoms

A Poem by Engulfed in Flames


as i sit in the dark hoping to write poems and scripts about life I...have nothing to saymy mind is empty like tin tubs on garbage day. my eyes are cl..
Levee

Levee

A Poem by Engulfed in Flames


she is a tumble-weed caught in the thicknessof my grass. her skin like buttered thornsand mine like the ocean, she is something to be felt. her body l..
Winter

Winter

A Poem by Engulfed in Flames


i am re-writing the lines on my palm, and drawing my fate to you. i am regaining my strength and sometimes I lose faith. letting go is the hardest thi..