Restoration
a silent plea
Bonfire of my heart
Turned ash and feeble embers,
Banked by bitter words.
Malice puffs float white,
Beautiful and awful both,
Polluting my soul.
Tattooed on my skin
These dirty cuts and bruises,
Tainted earth, am I.
Sullied by anger,
Oh, send purifying rain
To cleanse me of you.
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Written for the Quadru-haiku challenge.
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Comments (52)
Interesting.
Congratulations on Top Story!
Congratulations Top Storyyyyy💯❗❗❗🎉🎉
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Lovely to read, Heather! A pleasure.
I love how you have captured the feeling of being consumed by negative emotions and the desire for release from them. It feels so authentic, it's beautiful really.
This was deeper than it seemed at first. Second read confirmed what power there is in the written word!! Great poem!!
This poem is nice. I enjoyed reading it.
This took me back to my teenage years. Very well thought out with perfect flow.
Great poem :) Enjoyed that
Verse is different to me, this is how things have been that make me need to continue on. Love
Poetry is new to me, it is poems like this that make me want to keep trying. Love it.
Gorgeous 🥰
Love this Heather! Beautifully done.
Awesome
Really interesting to read this poet🤩💞💞
Awesome ✨ 👍💯
Congratulations on Top Story!! 😍😍
nice lines
Wow, the flow between the lines and the transition from one element to another was sooooo smooth. This poem was so deep and the end was so liberating! Very beautiful!
This is stunning!
Wowwwww! This is brilliant, Heather!
Brilliantly executed
I can taste the pain and feel the relief of the rain. Nice work and congratulations on Top Story!
Each line is concise yet holds so much depth waiting to be interpreted. This is a fantastic poem, thank you for sharing!