Untitled Fire

(first draft Volcano, Untitled Fire v1. Published in An Anthology of Verse, National Library of Canada. Rev.)

I could not stop 

my heart

 flew into the fire

i was the moth

 you were the flame

we burned 

slow like an ember

  then suddenly

like a volcano

in your hands

my heart 

  like a box 

you struck with a match 

and said 

you didn't want forever

   and you smoked her soul like a cigarette 

        till there was nothing left  

            only ashes

i felt used

i felt taken

i felt bitter

i felt pissed

It's like you knew me from the inside

 with your fingers hands and fists

broken open 

 parts inside me

  false made into true

til there was nothing left

for me to do but thank you

2024-------------------------------------------------------------------------Untitled Fire v2
Hollow Tube 

I could not stop 

my heart flew into the fire

i was the moth you were the flame

we burned

slow like an ember

  then suddenly

    like a volcano

in your hands

my heart 

  like a box 

you struck with a match 

and said 

you didn't want forever

   and you smoked her soul like a cigarette 

        till there was nothing left shimmering

            only ashes ..

“ particles .. (blown in the air)

water droplets .. (collected, cling to form)

 storm clouds .. (that unload rain, lightning and thunder) ”

i felt used

i was taken   

turned to bitter

just one kiss

 you only knew me from the inside with your fingers hands and fists

Open channel was i 

Free 

Changed totally

All parts of me

   Leaving behind a long echo 

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