Lady Labyrinth Poet Free verse

Immolation

"Immolation"



I move into you 
like a roaring Queensland Summer
You’re overtaken by heat, yet think I’m unobtainable

I’m too far away

A grown-arsed man 
owns the footsteps he walks in 
travels his world

scared of a woman 
gone 
grown-arsed girl

“Man Oh Man 
she’s so not safe, 
she’s so non-linear”

I move into you 
like a roaring Queensland Summer
You think I’m unobtainable

I’m too far away

The fuel is laid
Sparks lit 
communication is at least laid


(LadyLabyrinth/2019)





“Three simple rules in life: If you do not go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you do not ask, the answer will always be no. If you do not step forward, you will always be in the same place.”


"I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me."Simone de Beauvoir

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Ann Foster July 31, 2019 at 5:38 PM "simple fluidity"...nothing simple about this piece. I love every word. Excellent write. Bravo! Ann Lady Labyrinth August 8, 2019 at 3:24 AM Right on, Ann Foster. Nothing is ever simple, but it can produce magic from the journey. Glad you enjoyed. x

Arturo Michael July 23, 2019 at 9:03 AM You make me smile... Lady Labyrinth July 24, 2019 at 5:05 AM Thankfully, what remains, is a sense of humour.

Frederic Parker July 22, 2019 at 4:58 PM The world will shape us, we can shape the world, we are what we are from decisions already made, we can change what we are from decisions we have yet made, many live not many truly live...fear is a garment worn by those who say life is not fair, of course, life is not fair, it's what you do with the unfairness Leanne Lovejoy-Burton July 22, 2019 at 5:02 PM Indeed Monsieur Parker. I feel a story unfolding. The burning of the past, the death of the old. Renewal. Running towards the future. Freeverse/Romantic.