Fire

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The sun a red ball in clouds

filtering rust into the light,

ash is falling like snowflakes

dusting all in black and white confetti,

acrid air scalds the throat

bringing tears to my eyes

both from smoke and distress

of the destruction burning

through once lush forests

and green vistas,

towards farmsteads and homes,

we are helpless against

the might of this fire

blazing along the waters edge.

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Lovers of the Night

picture my own

The Full Moon is rising with the spirits free and strong, they ride on the silver light, that’s where they belong, creatures frightening to who shies away from dark but revealing hidden secrets if you’re one who wears their mark, loosened from the bonds you feel in daylight, are you one of those who will roam tonight?

(dis)trust

 

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The words were prepared in my head, practised over and over in a multitude of variations, until I had the courage and took a chance to entrust you with my darkness, believing you would listen with understanding, but you exploded with anger, gritting teeth and accusation, turning everything I said around to yourself, took my words and fired shot after shot in my direction… I become silent, cannot look you in the eyes, every word a physical blow, I murmur an apology not mine to make and escape your proximity, shutting out your voice, your presence… you told me I could tell you anything and I believed you, how could I have been so wrong.

The end of the line?

 

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You collapse before me, your eyes briefly blaze then turn dull, staring fixedly at a point beyond this world, and I freeze, a second in time stretching forever, I cannot move, I can only watch helplessly, an observer of something greater than me.  Then I’m struck by your pain, an overwhelming force transposed as my own, I need to reach you, hold you, shield you from the attack, I need to banish the sadness from your eyes, redraw the images bleeding across your vision, negate your anguish with my love, give you the strength to quell the illusion that this is the end of the line… 

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Let it all go.

Let it fly in the wind.

Let it flow with the river.

Let it rise to the stars.

Let it run through green meadows.

Let it roll with the drums.

Let it hide in the darkness.

Let it be as it wants.

There is madness in the motion,

frightening laughter in my head,

cold detachment kills all feeling,

leaves me walking but I’m dead.