and i saw you for the first time

inside you is a tiger
trapped in soft peurto rican skin
inside you is a fire
and I caught a spark, oh beautiful sin
it roared to life, new life
inside me
long burned the flame
though I kept it smothered
my courage is corroded
acid rain
fire is the most lively thing
the world knows
dancing to a beat of it's own
but still it's without life, thought
it's presence to itself unknown

glorious parasite
ever feeding, ever needing

slowly inside a coward of a man
this flame died down to embers
glowing softly,
still beautiful, now hated
now and then a flamelet erupts

a flash of your smile

your eye catches mine

but sans fuel it dies down just as quick
quick to fall
and how i wish it would die
fade out once and for all

a forest burns down so new life
has a chance
so young life can take hold;
these charred remains
still hold a spark
a fairy dance
one tough hearted bastard
that refuses to give in
it sits there
laughing on the verge of extinction
and without a sound winks out

desperately I fan it back to life
i push my pain away
I think of your touch
the ripple of energy as
your skin brushes mine
"**** new life" I say

Keyword: Still thinking of you

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Posted by garyowen 2008-06-27 03:50:13 .... I felt that this poem worked very well up to the typo, but then felt it was slightly strained from then on. + Report this comment
Posted by resistanceisfreedom 2008-06-27 09:02:51 .... one of the longest poems i have read in awhile. there were many emotions in this. i thought it was good but i found myself lost at times while reading it. + Report this comment
Posted by psYchic_spOnge 2008-06-27 22:57:53 .... where is the typo? + Report this comment
Posted by lemon 2008-06-28 18:25:02 .... I thought it was good. You had a lot of emotion on this. You should run the spell check though. 'a forst burns down so new life' FOREST. Good poem though =] + Report this comment
Posted by chaabuk 2008-08-09 01:03:56 .... This is what happens when you are in love. There is anguish and there is sweetness too. There is love and there is more of it too. And there is pain that you so well define. + Report this comment

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