the glowing embers await
the flaming tongue consumes
your sorrow goes up in smoke
fear becomes survival
your soul may starve
but the fire will flourish
brittle rage becomes unyielding wrath
stay awake with the pyre
and you will get burned
do you seek vengeance or redemption
nobility or glory
the scars of honor
lights the torch of fate
are you destined for chaos
or order
will you cross the wildfire
a herald of liberation
or become lost in the conflagration
every piece of you turned to ash
left to corrupt the breeze
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Hufflecup
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Calumny
cal·um·ny [ˈkaləmnē] noun - the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation. i.e. slander: "a bitter struggle marked by calumny and litigation" a false and slanderous statement: "a change in the law would prevent the press from publishing calumnies" Dictionary Data from Oxford Languages
By Denise E Lindquist5 days ago in Poets
Comments (1)
Oooo, I loved how profound and thought provoking this was! Fantastic poem!