What I Know of Desire
“Hello, I am alive,”
the Fire cackles,
burning brightly
in boldness.
Steal my breath
away, fiery fiend,
and leave the
flaming embers behind.
What is burned
cannot be brought back,
what is severed
cannot be tied,
for the hands of Fire
took my heart
leaving ash marks
and open wounds.
Feral handprints lie on me,
blackened and bleak,
and still I cannot find
the words to speak.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDEFGHIJKLMBBCNGN |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 360 |
Words | 68 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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