His hands trace down my skin,
his lips on my neckline.
A sigh escapes, unbidden,
as he lays me down — gentle, deliberate.
The room dissolves into shadows,
only the rhythm of our bodies remains.
Each kiss a spark,
each breath a flame.
His eyes devour, his mouth creates,
pleasure blooming faster than thought.
I am undone,
a canvas painted in fire.
The silence between us is not empty,
it hums with the weight of desire.
And when the night folds into dawn,
I realize,
the inferno between us
is the blaze that will never die
Upon the winds affirmation
The leaves high above the ground shook,
Content with overlooking a young man’s journey.
Through the woods he walked,
Directionless in meditation.
While he walked the woods opened to reveal his internal contemplation,
And he followed the path that beckoned his conscience.
Deep into the depths of the earth he explored,
Circle through circle,
He discovered the inescapable sin upon which his life sat.
Alas he ventured as far as he could,
And upon seeking escape the guard shielding his chains proclaimed:
“Your life is drawn to my dominion,
sin and virtue share a weight,
Your liberation is achieved through weightlessness,
Though, you are bound to the shortsightedness of desire.”
Sometimes it’s odd
Sometimes it’s just normal
And sometimes, it disappears, and I feal like a family
But most of the time it’s a vast emptiness stretching farther then I can reach
Sometimes I want to see the seniority of the situation
But then everyone turns a blind eye
And so do I
I’m not proud of this
I doubt anyone is
But, being the youngest
When I continue to look
I am disrespectful
Unreasonable
Playing with fire
And maybe I am
But maybe
Just maybe
They are scared to look
And they expect me to be fearful as well
But sometimes you must walk through the fire
And see the reason behind all the terrified eyes
The angry screams
But until then
I will wait
And continue you turn away from the fire
In hopes of not getting burned
There’s a fire that lives beneath my skin,?Not warm, not light—just seething sin.?A storm that coils around my breath,?Whispers war and promises death.
I smile sharp through broken glass,?Each moment feels too long to pass.?My fists clench stories I won’t say,?And peace is always far away.
It’s not a flash—it’s slow, it grows,?In silence, louder than it shows.?No trigger, just a tide that turns,?And every bridge behind me burns.
I scream in silence, nod and grin,?A quiet war I fight within.?They see a face, composed, in place—?Not the fury I can’t erase.
I don't want to hurt, I want release,?To trade this fire for some peace.?But rage is heavy, loud, and near—?And sometimes it's the only voice I can hear
Illusion
This inferno of passion
This wildly blazing
Flame everlasting
Unconditional love
Catches fire burns up
The space around
Two actors stay on stage
Just me and you
And the world
Is rotting to the ground
All bridges whipped out
By red- hot firestorm
And all chains broken
While handcuffed forever
In the silence of us
In the prison of
Our melted hearts
United in unyielding fortress
It’s arbitrarily forbidden
But it’s real lust
Voluntarily imprisoned
In wanting more love
You bring me comfort, a reason to push you away
Used to lessons coming and going
Their blessings weren’t good enough to stay
Weary of whom I share my energy, interim people touching my lasting soul
Society’s habit I shy away
But you bring me peace
Thoughts of making you mine, words too vulnerable to speak
Could I be?
The word falling gives me anxiety
Eager to profess but ever so patiently
Waiting for a screw up, a sign to let up
So I’d have an excuse to blow up
Truth is, love is something I want to grow in
But it’s something that gets found without searching
Trust issues due to experiencing the worst within
Logic contradicting what my heart is urging
From never receiving what I was truly deserving
Due to toxic flames constantly emerging, from giving too much to those undeserving
So much so that I was blindly burning
Yet willing to try again after first degree hurting
For my other half that I can submerge in
To extinguish the fire in my loins, one that’s ever burning
kohl eyed crust e r
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like molten
t r
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inner inferno
a whisper of loss
a phantom lace
a ghostly touch
fingers close, cold to taste
lingers laughter
cracked bone-dry air
the clock chimes midnight
it is backward here
in this abyss of my mind
seconds falling on stone
on the graves of yesterday
hear the echoes, love, disdain
in the vacant halls
in the dark falls
a broken prayer
on lips of ash
moonlights a skeletal grin
into the labyrinthine memory
where shadows dance your form
I trace the ghost of your hand
cold on my unforgiving heart, glass
yearning sharp
it tastes of rust and rain
they say the living move on
a slow crawl toward the light
the light of man is a lie
a cruel invention
a brutal intention
my mind spins wildly
to your absence, I fly
silent screams of a world
you no longer need
in obsidian depths
where stars are swallowed
we can finally intertwine
two fragments, a shattered dream
I am adrift in the abyss
in the inferno of night
No one knows the phoenix that burns in me.
No one knows that my heart is a burning solitude.
I carry through the dark towards the light
No one knows the dark I softly cry.
But I do. I do.
I will wake up today and thank my life.
I will walk today and thank the world
I will live until I burn to ashes
Phoenix, burns, burns, burns.
In the midst of life's flames,
Your inner strength will be forged.
The burning comes, a trial by fire,
Oh brave heart, don't let the flames fade.
For in the ashes, a phoenix lies,
Waiting to rise, with wings to the skies.
From the very flames that once brought pain.
Comes transformation, and a new reign.
So let the fire refine and purify,
Let it burn away the fears that made you cry,
For in the heart of the inferno's
Lies the power to rise and shine with new light.
You will rise, like phoenix born,
From the ashes, reborn, and renewed.
To soar on wings, with grace and poise,
A symbol of hope, in the darkest of joys.
Love doesn't need to knock you down
Sometimes it's ever so subtle
Before you know it you're under it's spell
Helplessly trapped in love's bubble
No use trying to escape the entrapment
It's futile you're under it's spell
After long and heightened anticipation
Your pulse is racing like hell
The absolute extreme best kind of love
One that's totally uncontrived
The kind that happens when least expected
That takes you by complete surprise
Excitement almost more than you can bear
You think you're going insane
Can't sleep, can't do normal everyday things
Your world has been set aflame
Love often starts so innocently at first
And grows into a love tornado
Passionate love that builds and builds
Until it's a raging inferno!
Emotion
Permafrost
Tundra heart
In your lured fire
My glacier soul
Smolders into
Desire ember
My blazing yearning
Dances with your flame
Conjoined lust ash flies
In sensual sky
From love inferno
Stark
Small spark.
Flames ignite.
Fire now burns bright.
Smoke choking the air.
Breeze fans blaze, everywhere.
Soaring temperatures pall.
Crackling as branches snap and fall.
Animals whimper, they watch it grow.
Smoke billows, acrid smell, this inferno.
Blinding smoke, darkened sky, see it billow.
Crimson hot flames reach skyward, they glow.
Conditions, make it hard to breathe.
Blazing trees will wilt and seethe.
Moving flames on the run.
They’re blocking the sun.
Fear on the road
All hopes slowed.
Tears flow.
Woe.
Your love scorches everything that it sees
My heart's cookin' at one thousand degrees
We lie in bed all night and smoke with desire
Your kisses hotter than a four alarm fire
Chorus:
I'm burning in the inferno of love
Your hugs and kisses fit me like a glove
I'm burning in the inferno of love
My ashes soaring up to Heaven above
Before the sun's up I wake with a spark
I feel your fingers touch me in the dark
Your hot ruby lips are burning my skin
I count the seconds till they do it again
Chorus:
I fear your passion is taking its toll
A wildfire's raging out of control
Spreading like the plague crippling me
Taking hold until too blind to see
Chorus:
Now I'm a prisoner in your cage
My heart just melts while your fires rage
No doctor could ever find a cure
I'll die in Hell this I know for sure
Chorus:
My heart
Winter landscape
In frosted wilderness
Vestiges of wrecked emotions
Frozen.
That’s where
In enticed dawn
The blazing summer sun
Rises with the fond warmth of your
Embrace.
I feel
Your flaring charm
Melt glacier of longing
As I plunge in the inferno
Of love.
Engulfed
My yearning burns
In the wind of fervor
Ash flies to your sky on wings of
Desire.
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April 16, 2023
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Contest : Traditional Cinquane
Sponsored by : Sotto Poet
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