Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Poem by Dónall Dempsey

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Rating: 5.0


Sticks ‘n’ stones
...eh?

She took the sticks
of our arguments

and blew them into
a blaze

as if she whispered fire
to them & they

leapt into flame.

Even the stones
burst into fire

which she lovingly tended
with a gentle viciousness

until she created
a bonfire

of my vanities.

My name nothing now
but ash floating high

above it all

smoke

getting in

my eyes.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Scarlett Treat 02 April 2008

When all else dies...smoke gets in your eyes? Wonderful piece of music, and wonderful poem. I especially like that line....'as if she whispered fire to them...and they leapt into flame! ' Killer line!

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Dónall Dempsey

Dónall Dempsey

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.
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