A Legacy of Fire
Flares of choice
History
Dutifully scribed by the victors
Hence my overflowing
Portfolio of secrets
꒷꒦꒦꒷꒦꒷🔥꒷꒦꒷꒦꒦꒷
The burning drive to record
Burdening gory details
The fuel combusting in my veins
Urges fingers to articulate
When they’re swollen and mutilated
Preserving my testimony
Recording every surfacing memory
Becomes my only means of
Combating the darkness enshrouding
My former days
A sacrifice of self-discovery
This self-immolation in ink and
Soul-cleansing imagery
꒷꒦꒦꒷꒦꒷🔥꒷꒦꒷꒦꒦꒷
I don sword and shield
For I declared myself the victor
Despite my disadvantageous position
Drug my own battered remains
From the pits of filth and despair
I picked the lock and flew from the cage
Deceit confined me to
For daring to question life’s cruelty
Fled without so much as a
Rearward glance
꒷꒦꒦꒷꒦꒷🔥꒷꒦꒷꒦꒦꒷
I’ll not let my light go out
Without a fight to the last
Truth splattered word
Stanza by stanza
I cut away the bonds restraining my
Soul’s skyward motion
Gathering speed
Gaining momentum
I let myself go
꒷꒦꒦꒷꒦꒷🔥꒷꒦꒷꒦꒦꒷
Free-falling
I dive headfirst
Past the fortified battlements
Into acceptance
Fire, burning in
Oil-borne flames of triumph
Spreading as I splash down
Ultimate goal achieved
꒷꒦꒦꒷꒦꒷🔥꒷꒦꒷꒦꒦꒷
My words, burning in
Space and time
Will live on
Inciting intense sensation
Long after my
Physical energy subsides
K.B. Silver
About the Creator
K.B. Silver
K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.
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