genui ignem

I birthed a fire

from an embroyonic state

to a fully-fleshed entity

deep inside

oh how it burns

*

my lungs breathed life into

a tempest without reins

oh the fury and rage

*

my heart thundered

a rumbled blood-stained beat

of war and love, life and death?

*

my fingers summoned

a storm inside my pen lid

that ripped

an untempered schism

that offered a glimpse

what was

what could be

what never should

*

those are the most tantalising

the ones that beg

beg to be explored

that burn

that drench

that sweep away

all in their path

*

as pen hits the paper

and ink hits the page

lightning crackles

as electricity surges

*

bring the fire

bring the tempest

bring the storm

sacrifice your heart

at the alter

of the word

*

Thanks for reading!

Author's Notes: Self-explanatory? Hope you enjoyed it, either way.

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