Where Nothing Happens
...here, between myself and myself,
God dwells when
He flees the world.
I found Him once
in a forgotten loaf of bread
on the steps of a hospice,
in an old woman asking forgiveness
for simply li...
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Categories:
fire burning within, god,
Form: Free verse
In glass displays, they stand, forever seeking new prosthetics
...In glass displays, they stand, forever seeking new prosthetics,
Slumbering consciences drift on waves of ads and hollow promises,
We swallow mass culture whole, like blind fish in murky waters,
Fo...
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Categories:
fire burning within, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
A Love That Burns Like Fire
...
How does one describe true love?
no measuring tape can do this
even when it's filled with truth
that surface evidence can be a myth
What we would call real love
can be artificial in its effe...
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Categories:
fire burning within, fire, love, romantic love,
Form: Rhyme
Strips of being here are drawn all over you, fine lines intertwining with your skin
...Strips of being here are drawn all over you, fine lines intertwining with your skin,
It is not within the whites of dainty skies to praise who you are,
I hope you don't hide the only thing that mak...
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Categories:
fire burning within, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Burning Hunger
...Lust, a fire burning within,
A hunger that we cannot help but begin,
The yearning for a lover's touch,
The need for intimacy, oh so much.
Lust, the beast that dwells within us all,
A force tha...
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Categories:
fire burning within, love, lust,
Form: Rhyme
Cathexis
...I was born with the spirit and soul of a writer. The cathexis to invest emotions,
and have a great affection for my poetry. I love the children born of my pen
and pour my heart into each write. My...
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Categories:
fire burning within, poetry, writing,
Form: Haibun
Christmas Wish
...I wish I wish this Christmas wish
Upon one star above
I wish for another to see this star
And wish to find my true love
With snowflakes falling
You will see through the clouds
A bright star g...
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Categories:
fire burning within, christmas,
Form: Free verse
Culture Redefined
...Culture Redefined
An immensehood of desire
A cold fire burning within
Let the eye to learn burn within
Where failure is seen as another chance to try again
Give yourself a culture where redefi...
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Categories:
fire burning within, absence, africa, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
A Fire Within
...A fire dreams inside a pit
Cosy as it starts to glow
Matching the fire burning within
Seeping in the warmth it throws.
Her flames now reflecting in my eyes
Amber coloured hot ribbons of light
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Categories:
fire burning within, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Love Letter From the Soul Lvi
...L,
You walk by, you stare
not perfection but you're drawn
to its unique flair
blue shingles caressing
the night time sky
intrigue enters the picture
and you start to see
ins...
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Categories:
fire burning within, love,
Form: Romanticism
The Funeral Procession
...This is the closest that I have ever been to a funeral for more than forty years, a young boy just eighteen was shot dead for stealing
I sat quietly on the school veranda and watch the hearse drive...
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Categories:
fire burning within, age, character, community, death,
Form: Narrative
Embers and Snowflakes
...Snowflakes swirl outside the window
As the fire burns embers, keeping me warm
Glowing inside a winter globe of white
Cold wind moves the air into night
As winter whistles songs
You are my fire, ...
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Categories:
fire burning within, introspection, snow, words,
Form: Free verse
Alpha and Omega
...You know a magnet exists not from its form, but from its effects.
Many things are like that, I suppose.
Last night, I had a few glasses of wine; normally, one will suffice.
But I fear there was a...
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Categories:
fire burning within, absence, lonely, love, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Fire and Ice
...I look out across the ice
towards an igloo in the distance
It is like a diamond sparkling in the night
I see a fire burning within it's centre
Refracting light through the crystallized walls
I walk...
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Categories:
fire burning within, faith, nature, fire, fire,
Form: Free verse
Give Me Strength
...The ground is painted and the sky is torn
An old man passes and a baby is born
The war is over but the memories are strong
My time is coming; It can’t be long
The heroes are gone their stories engra...
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Categories:
fire burning within, war, me,
Form: Verse
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