Badge by: Doobster @ Mindful Digressions
Our Saturday Stream of Consciousness prompt from Linda was:
“Element.” Choose one of the four: air/water/earth/fire or use the word “element” however you wish to define it. Enjoy!
I chose to work with the element of fire, as I have been on a poetry streak lately.
Flames lick the burning passions of my distrust,
as I gaze at the deep nothingness in your eyes.
Your cold icy stare smolders in the empty recesses of my soul.
I see your hatred, ablaze with desire, a cheap tawdry trick
aimed to once again draw me into the realm of your darkness.
I feel your cloying breath upon my face –
kisses dripping with an icy resolve
luring me, taunting me, haunting me.
My skepticism lingers, as cold fingers of doubt grip and choke –
clutching at my trembling, rapidly beating heart.
Your cruel game is passionate and intense,
filled with the indifference of a first lover.
My own suspicions were astutely intact,
for my disbelief rang true.
The fires that fueled the intensity of you –
now crumble like white hoar-frost in the winds
of an unwelcoming fate.
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Wow, sounds like a very deep experience or you are able to dig very deep into your feelings! Very good!
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Oh gosh. I am the happiest person around. This sad stuff just comes out of me. I am convinced that I channel other people’s feelings. ❤
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Very good stuff, that gives others that are in such situations the feeling of being not alone which is the greatest comfort they can get!
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Thank you Erika. Empathy is sometimes the only thing one can give.
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Sometimes I hate having to think up adjectives to describe someone’s poetry because nothing can measure up to the poem itself…this is one of those times. None that come to mind are quite worthy. This is one of the best poems I’ve read in a while 🙂
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Thank you! Your praise humbles me. I am glad that you like it. A little dark, but meaningful I hope in a good way. ❤
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I love your use of words to form very poignant imagery and emotion, Colleen 🙂
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Thank you 😊
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wow – this is a very different experience, such deep. Your poems are the best therapy for me!
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Thank you so much 🌹
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Amazing work. Love the contrasts in this.
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Thank you. It is dark. ☺
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Wow, that’s intense, Colleen. It reminds me of a relationship I had with a narcissist.
Very nicely written.
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Thanks Linda. I don’t know where this stuff comes from but it just flows sometimes. SoCS really helps with this 🙂
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