#burn poems on Hello Poetry

Nik Bland Feb 2020

There is a match
A rage in me
Held in rooms of kerosene
And time itself
Will decide
Who in flame
Will burn

#self #assured #destruction #anger #fury #burn #burning #rage

Shannon Spivey Feb 2020

I saw him in the corner
The place you used to sit
My ghost of unrequited love
And he's become a surrogate
His eyes burned into me
They're the same shade of blue
He haunts me in these hallways
In the same way you used to
When I smile at him
It's you that's on my mind
A tangible replacement
To the one who left me behind
All you had to do was kiss me
Then you left me distracted
And this torch burns for you
But it's him I've attracted

07/25/2019

#invisible #flame #blue #eyes #burn #torch #unrequited #love #lust #past

Alek Mielnikow Feb 2020

Scorched

I left your letters in tatters,
but do not distress.
Your every word
burned my eyes,
like a bedroom wall
too close to candlelight.
They will survive,
a life living on
well after your demise.

-
by Aleksander Mielnikow | Alek the Poet

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#letters #words #bittersweet #angry #death #life #burn #distress #hatred #memory

mary liles Feb 2020

why does my heart want you?

i’m drawn to you like
a meteor to the earth
burning in the sky

but who will it hurt?
and if it leaves a crater
whose heart will it burn?

#love #burn #hurt #scared #heart #sad #sweet #afraid

She Writes Feb 2020

Scalding

when my drugs begin to fail
and self-inflicted thoughts prevail

I run to the shower
where in peace I can cower

turn on the water, scalding hot
focus on pain instead of thought

I used to burn myself, but I became more shrewd
water doesn't make a mark, no scars accrued

until I can breathe I will run the water
turning it up hotter and hotter

I emerge as if I am anew
and not a soul has a clue

because you cant see tears when they fall in the shower
and at least I managed to live for another hour

#shower #burn #self #harm #anxiety #depression #sad #hurt

Bhill Jan 2020

Desire

Confidence in all of us is attached and frigid
Opportunities will always survive and be there
The burning desire to better ourselves is genuine
Can we really be so ignorant to believe that someone or something can stop us
I THINK NOT

Brian Hill - 2020 # 31

Go after it!

#desire #confidence #attached #frigid #burn #burning #ignorant #opportunities