If Ever a Blaze

If ever a blaze
burned everything down,
my collection of poems
I would take...crawling on these knees,
breathing until smoke will suffocate me.
Everything else will be incinerated,
becoming ashes that the wind will disperse.
The two things that I adore the most are:
my life and my poetry, one cannot survive
without the other; take both away
and there will be darkness.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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January 17, 2012 at 5:40 AM
I agree... But, one I lost over 300 poems... And for a long long time... I gave up on writing... This is a real good entry... The best of luck..pd
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January 17, 2012 at 12:03 AM
I hope that disaster never occurs for you. Good writing for the contest.
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