Conflagration

movingfingermovingfinger Posts: 117
edited January 2007 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Quit the fire burning
Let it stand, smoldering
Back turned to the smoke,
Wrapping and twisting
Through an inhaled breath.

The shelf of darkness
Is steep away from the rim.
Miasma lingers in damp air.
It tastes of unwashed
Love; sweeter then smoke.

Caliginous is the fire
Left behind,
in search of
Brighter lights, stumbling
In the foreign dark,
Unsure memories
Of pleasant crackles.
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The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it

-- Omar Khayyam
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Comments

  • Quit the fire burning
    Let it stand, smoldering
    Back turned to the smoke,
    Wrapping and twisting
    Through an inhaled breath.

    The shelf of darkness
    Is steep away from the rim.
    Miasma lingers in damp air.
    It tastes of unwashed
    Love; sweeter then smoke.

    Caliginous is the fire
    Left behind,
    in search of
    Brighter lights, stumbling
    In the foreign dark,
    Unsure memories
    Of pleasant crackles.

    Cool...definitely diggin' your writing. When elemental themes are done right, it's always great.
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