Starting a Fire with Ink from My Pen

It started with a fire
built with young leaves
and the ink from my pen.
Whether it is your fault or my own,
our lives are intertwined
in the flame.
Still, the breath of our moon
carries a message
to us both;
never offer up the slightest wave
of shame.

Calling from the ground is the rain
that found the wind
that blew paper from my hands.
A wind that practiced
the religion of picking up pieces
of broken hearts
and throwing them back down,
only to kiss their cries
with a stampede
of what they cannot understand.

A well thought out plan started out
with a fire built
with young leaves
and the ink from my pen.
It is not your fault,
nor is it mine.
If we can we ever stop listening
to the winds
that kiss the cries of our broken hearts,
from the flame, we would come
unentwined.

Author's Note

Artist Michael Cheval

Reviews

[Derek S.Keck]

It started with a fire
built with young leaves
and the ink from my pen.
Whether it is your fault or my own,
our lives are intertwined
in the flame.


These lines carry a weight of meaning for me. It sort of reminisces, in my mind, that first love your speaker has never forgotten, that love that you could almost say was built on mutual personal vanity and childhood romanticisms, yet, the events of that love continued on even though the love may not have; something esoteric and eternal to human understanding. Your second stanza is genius.

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You write from a mystical place..but today your words captured a feeling in me and resonated within my soul and if you have studied me and written my words..brilliant and thanks

[Audrey Howitt]

There is so much to chose from here --to point to--to love--
for me, I loved the sheer power of the poetry in the second stanza, but final stanza tore at my heart---

[Yari Garcia (Older Prof..]

This is my favorite one by far! I'm sure a lot of female writers can see themselves in this poem (including myself). Added to my favorites! :-)

[KAREN]

Poetic flow and awesome imagery. Beautiful wording that makes the reader sat in awe!
100/100

[Art Sun]

one has to read your thoughts several times to truly feel and understand the meaning you write from deep within you Soul Neva...and it Shines!

[Muse]

I think we take for granted..the power behind our words...our penning.
These two lines spoke to me:
It is not your fault,
nor is it mine.
It's as if you have came to terms with what is already said and done....there's no going back. Embrace it, or be forever jaded by it. xo

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goe..]

such a meaningful last stanza.
pretty picture and title too.

[*~*Butterfly Kisses*~*]

I am in so much awe after reading this I am finding it hard to make a justifiable review. Beautifully penned, creative lines. This is truly inspiring, Neva.

~Anna Rose

[∂αʌ<..]

magnificent Neva...the way you intertwine words actually! wow really! :D

[Lily Mae]

To me this is on fire with life's passion.. and the picture is a perfect fit...x