(Fire) Burn(s)

The lack of you leaves me dry
I wither, I crumble, I crack
My ashes scatter to the sky
But no matter how hard they fly
Your magnetic pull brings me back

It may be time for a new tack
Offer the honey instead of the lime
It may not cure my lack
But it will help bide the time

Return at the end of the day
When sun still lights in your eyes
But if you must stay away
Try for the break of the day
When the next little part of me dies

But if you tell only lies
If you have no intent to return
Tell me no bittersweet goodbyes
Leave me alone, To Burn

Within

Within

Passion ignited by lust

Burns quickly and brightly

But never lasts for long

To sustain love, you need more

You need intimacy

More than carnal knowledge

To know each other

Inside and out

Without a touch

Without a word

Within

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Beauty

Beauty

Beauty is not ephemeral.

Beauty is permanence, passion,

Fleeting moments do just that,

They fly away.

What matters is what stays.

The fire that burns,

Way down deep in your soul,

Too far down to be quieted or quenched

By an uncaring gaze.

In your memory, it will reside

Forever.

It lives in the collective unconscious.

Like a heartbeat;

Steady, Solid,

Undeniable,

It waits upon it’s time.

To question beauty,

Is to question one’s own self.

If you doubt what is real

Know only this,

The truth in beauty lies,

In knowing oneself.

If you do not take the time now

To know and love yourself,

You can never know love,

Or Beauty

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Ghostlight

Ghostlight

When the curtains close

And the lights all dim

There’s only me

Standing there without him

The lights all fade

To the darkest of blacks

So deep that it burns

Inner demons attack

Swarming and seething

Eating mind and spirit

An all consuming power

No wonder I fear it

That empty stage

That lights on old ghosts

Brings light to the darkness

To what we fear most

So don’t leave me here

In the dark and alone

Give me thunderous cheers

I’ll truly be home

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B. A. E.

Broken, bleeding, and bruised

I raise a battered hand

To have it brushed aside

Would you have me beg?

Is this betrayal?

Bittersweet and blue

My feelings were not to be borrowed

But you could not be bothered

Barging forward

Without a backward glance

We should break it off

Before Anyone Else

Burns

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I Need My Pain

Can you calm my fears?

I’m drowning in neuroses

You settle them all with a wave and a smile

When I look up again

Did I blink too long?

You’ve disappeared while my eyes were closed

If I wish hard enough

Can I blink you back?

Will you come if I promise to be well be behaved?

The light creeps over the horizon

The sun begins to rise

I have wished away the lonely nighttime

The light is too bright

It burns away the darkness

But sometimes we need the pain to make us who we are

So come to me quickly

Or come after the New Year

But come to me eventually or I will never get over this fear

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Empty Gestures

Shut out the light

Bring on the darkness

Take out my hallow parts

I have no use for them

Spare me no pity

For fools are gladly borne

But a gesture is empty

From the back of the playhouse

In a flash the paper burns

Fire, the element of desire

Quickly stoked

Quickly sated

In the end

The darkness overcomes us all

And light fades