Spiring

SPIRING jumping over hoops, getting caught on iron needles high. dogs nipping, gnawing, clawing at skin and rags, rolling, rolling in mire, slithering round and round the spokes of unwritten thoughts. thoughts that teach a fettering, flattening, fostering of doubts. printed plates invisible in misty blue, burgeoning blots. drowning ink expiring, perspiring, perhaps i n s p i r i n g flames of dung. did you think a match, could claim to hiss and hAtCh? it rebels! rings hell’s bells, until you quench its thirst. cursing cursive dance melts in the cool sun, satisfied by ashes, stoked. smokeless sentience, reticence of cheer, yet a new year...a promise to yourself, to rise on black and blue, or tapping the matrix of stars and moon, spiritual spiring of heart and soul, indelible ink. 4/12/2018 Bring Me Back To Life Contest