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Girl on Fire

March 25, 2014
By micaelalacey GOLD, Easton, Connecticut
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micaelalacey GOLD, Easton, Connecticut
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“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Twirling in flames
Red, yellow, orange
Flames eat her up

Envelope the lacy folds
Toast the tulle
Scorch the Silk
Char the cotton
Flames eat her up

Ball-gown Blaze extinguished
Nothing left, now
Only ashes

No more spinning time for sprinkling
charcoal cinders
Only dancing in the wind, now
Slowly drifting particles
Sift, caché, and catch
On leaves branches and thorns

Freshly pricked dust
All that’s left.

© Youmi C., Tamuning, GU

The author's comments:
Loosely inspired by Katniss Everdeen--yes-- the girl from The Hunger Games but actually a rather depressing poem on decay.
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