Going Down In Flames

Going down in flames
my body/mind
once alight with ephemral fire
is expunged by the buckets of sadness thrown this way
my sadness
a hidden
chasm
extending in a spiral manner

is all consuming
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Beck Avatar
January 10, 2011 at 3:07 PM
I like this .... ..the language is pithy and the meaning is powerful....well done...Syd
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January 10, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Hello there new poet friend, I am having a contest focusing on writers outside the USA please check it out and enter a verse? Light & Love
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