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
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019


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Date: 12/1/2023 4:52:00 AM
“Running”, Abi Ocia.
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 12/1/2023 4:52:00 AM
https://youtu.be/qCEzdpQH-QM
Date: 7/31/2019 5:38:00 PM
"simple fluidity"...nothing simple about this piece. I love every word. Excellent write. Bravo! Ann
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/8/2019 3:24:00 AM
Right on, Ann Foster. Nothing is ever simple, but it can produce magic from the journey. Glad you enjoyed. x
Date: 7/23/2019 9:03:00 AM
You make me smile...
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/24/2019 5:05:00 AM
Thankfully, what remains, is a sense of humour.
Date: 7/22/2019 4:58:00 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
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Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
Date: 7/22/2019 5:02:00 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.
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