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Fireworks

August 14, 2016
By Luckystar78 ELITE, London, Other
Luckystar78 ELITE, London, Other
114 articles 0 photos 97 comments

Favorite Quote:
"..though warm as summer it was fresh as spring." (Thomas Hardy) ("Far from the Madding crowd")


Explode like fireflies in the glaring deep blue, the bloodied scarlet, the sharp-toothed silver
That gleams bright, bright, bright, as a rainbow contained in a glass bottle;
As a flame sparking, lighting, drifting into the light azure of the reigning sky:
Extinguish my fear, my pounding breaths, my authenticity.
Burst onto the white horizon like starburst squished from a crumpled packet;
Tint a milky way of my black, glittering stars, my visions, my hopes.
Release me from my inner ropes and blast me like a firework;
Watch me soar and burn, burn, burn;
Burn away the scorching hate, until only the lavender streaks in the seeds of sunflowers
are left to glimmer; as avocado firewood in the morning light.


The author's comments:

This chronicles a rapid rise to success and power, yet feeling your real self become isolated and lost.


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on Jan. 19 2017 at 2:50 pm
Luckystar78 ELITE, London, Other
114 articles 0 photos 97 comments

Favorite Quote:
"..though warm as summer it was fresh as spring." (Thomas Hardy) ("Far from the Madding crowd")

Thank you!

on Nov. 28 2016 at 9:06 am
ambivalent SILVER, West Bend, Wisconsin
7 articles 0 photos 180 comments

Favorite Quote:
everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. the worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. [sylvia plath]

beautiful imagery - wow!

on Aug. 27 2016 at 9:51 am
addictwithapen PLATINUM, Norfolk, Virginia
21 articles 14 photos 163 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I'm at it again as an addict with a pen." - twenty one pilots, addict with a pen

I love how this poem is beautiful and intriguing no matter how you look at it, but when you think about the meaning you put behind it (losing oneself to power), it takes on a new dimension. Great work.