| Secret Conflagration
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Isabelle5
| Must have been lust | 1 |
because this fire | 2 |
is already | 3 |
dying, | 4 |
burned to ashes | 5 |
that stick to my shoes | 6 |
each time I leave your bed. | 7 |
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It could have been love | 8 |
but I don’t want to | 9 |
linger long enough | 10 |
to discover | 11 |
what makes you | 12 |
burn for me. | 13 |
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Throw another log | 14 |
on this fire, | 15 |
roast me like | 16 |
a marshmallow | 17 |
until I’m soft and charred, | 18 |
my center raw and sweet. | 19 |
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In the morning, | 20 |
I’ll take a bucket, | 21 |
douse you cold and clean, | 22 |
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brush my feet free of | 23 |
evidence, | 24 |
till only me and Smokey | 25 |
know of secret conflagrations | 26 |
which smouldered and died | 27 |
in the forests of time. | 28 |
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1 Apr 05 |
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Oh - I like!
To lust or to love - that is the question.
Lust - that is the answer (harder on the body, but easier on the heart).
Sam
— unknown
Same advice you give in life, right? (wink from CA)
— Isabelle5
you bet! winks back at ya.
xx
— unknown
delicious every moment, til
line 27 and "sands of time"
everything else fresh and fiery
— Bloodfetish
How about ashes of time? I'll think about this but I agree, now that you point it out. Thanks.
— Isabelle5
I mean Unknown....
— Isabelle5
Smokey and I.
And how about for 26/27: "know secret conflagrations/smolder in forests of time"?
Cold and clean... indeed! Very sensual. Love the ashes on your feet concept.
— housepoppy
Isabelle, why unknown? This is so you--(probably) the most sensual poet on this site. Your writing actually stirred the memories that inspired my most recent post.
— housepoppy
Housepoppy, I think you found the magic words. Thanks. I like to be Unknown sometimes. Fun to wear the cloak of invisibility, hahaha
— Isabelle5
excellent. i felt that.
— desiredjane
so very *tasty*
had to come by for another look
forests of time contrasted with smouldering and ashes ....
yum
— Bloodfetish
this is really really nice
— kitkat
...and died in the forests of time... :)
beautiful line...
— unknown
Well, it's always a shocker when I see something of mine come from the depths and get nice comments.
Thank you all so much.
— Isabelle5
I like it!
— FolleRouge
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