Best Once Burned Poems

A flame once burned so brightly everything in sight 
seemed quite beautiful in its blinding light.

Everything I took for truth once upon a time
seemed to...

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My sizzling flame has faded in the midst of Summer's embrace
and taken my virgin flower of delicately woven lace

In subtle shadows and fading light
silently in...

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           "A Flame Once Burned"



as the golden twilight of dawn arose
illuminated the September sky with...

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A flame once burned where embers glow
And deep inside my heart I know
Untended embers turn to ash
And I know dreams are known to crash.

 Our...

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It's chilly where the sun once shone,
Mem'ries haunt when I'm alone,
Bereft of joys that I had known,
My dreams all torn apart.

Scorched the earth where flowers...

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               I watch the sun's smile gleam on the petal
 ...

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I hear outside my window the grey dove cry
As sun slides down the mountains, and I sigh
Watching night curtaining my city
Blotting streaks of violet from...

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Blinded by a burning sun
Spellbound by the moon;
Beguiled by your tender kiss
Mesmerized too soon.

You looked at me and cast your spell
You took my breath away;
I...

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I saw you many times throughout the years
and knew you as the brother of my friend.
How is it that the world can coax and steer
us...

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Can you still remember
How it used to be
The poetic fire we had
When our pens were chemistry

The dance floor was full
But it was only you and...

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Biding her time, stalking her prey;
Knowing that far he can not stray
The huntress has readied her bow
And just waits for his heart to show

She’s set...

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Written: June 24, 2023
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Sadness erupts; who is suffering sails?
In the depths where hope once dwelled.
A vessel that was gone, love's dying exhale
Lost by the cruel...

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Someone once burned a pentagram outside my friend's apartment 
the day after, in the courtyard, he stripped off all his clothes 
silently perching on one...

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Silvery moon cast shadows
On winters fallen snow
Cracks of ice melt deep down
Echoes of the past resounding
Cold winds howl
As heaviness encases
One by one dreams fade away
Killing...

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“You love him so much, you're too blind to see
He's only playing a game
He's never loved you, he never will
And darling, don't you know he'...

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