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The House Fire

A surreal poem

By Silver DauxPublished about a year ago 1 min read
The House Fire
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I dream of drowning

And maybe I've said it before

But the harsh waves

Do something to the deathwish

Curdling inside me.

.

I am violently hungry

With the desire to rip my bones

Open for the world to see

The secrets I hide in my marrow.

I know I'll starve.

.

There is no market,

Not for the masochistic suffering

My thoughts crave.

I'd try to sleep it off like a drug but

I can taste blood.

.

It's too sweet for my taste.

I like the bitter things, tears and rage,

Fear and force and fire.

But you don't taste acrid like smoke

And I think I hate it.

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About the Creator

Silver Daux

Writer of the dark! Think of it like flipping rocks, the weird little stories underneath are my jam and jelly. Jam and butter? Just jam. Absolutely no use of AI in any of my works :)

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    Written by Silver Daux