Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Poetry


thirteen ways of looking at fire
by me


1.
Coals glow red
Reflecting on the sweat of the captive’s
Face.
The captive who is very
Lost.
And facing his last
Moment.

2.
We throw handfuls of sawdust on the fire.
Watch them ignite.
Explode.
A cloud like a mushroom in miniature.
And heat washes our faces.

3.
A man, standing. 
Smoke trailing from his burning cigarette.
As a fight rages on inside.
A fight he is too frightened to face.

4.
Standing at the grave
A family
Hurt
Harmed
Torn
By the loss
Of one in the fire.

5.
The girls curl up in their sleeping bags 
Around the dying fire
And as they sleep,
The fire dies
And the silence is comforting.

6.
The fire crushes
The small town
Like a wave
Overcomes the shore

7.
charred ruins 
a young couple 
crying 
over their 
once 
beautiful 
house

8.
An embrace.
From shocked husband 
to teary wife.
From enraged fire 
to unsuspecting wood.

9.
Eating up the forests
Consuming trees as
A murmur spreads
Through a crowd
Of frightened
onlookers

10.
Dread fills her stomach
Smoke lines the sky
There is danger ahead
She is sure

11.
The soldier looks over the valley
He has decimated 
With fire
And he is called 
Conqueror
And the people
Out of fear
Have run

12.
Holding the punk up to the sparkler
Mesmerised by the colours
As it slowly burns towards your innocent fingers
Threatening to spark them alight

13.
It leaps into the air
Casting its orangey fingers about for the right grasp
It lives.

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