Burned Poem by Maya Hanson

Burned

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You claim you felt a
spark. Maybe it was
just the fire in my
hands, directed at you.

You said I touched you
first. Maybe it was
just to get away from
the cold
isolation sizzling under my skin.

My head is oxygen
For a fiery sea storm
all day and all night
maybe it's a warning
sign, but
I'm hurling faster faster faster
into a universe never found.

And then when you
tried to kiss me
Believe me, darling
we were better off friends.

Your heat
warms me
and warns me
at once.

Your smile
controls me
I can't be
controlled.

My fear
takes over
a beautiful
sun
on a beautiful
day
in a beautiful
world.

You're a magnet
it's dangerous to
resist
the pull.

I'm being
swallowed
smoked
burned
by this
nonexistent
spark
raging into an
invisible
flame.

Someone
help m-

Saturday, March 22, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: love
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Antony Theodore 30 December 2015

Your heat warms me and warns me at once. Your smile controls me I can't be controlled. Wonderful imagination full of desire and very expressive. thank you. tony

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Savita Tyagi 16 May 2014

Great poem. Intense expressions and vivid imagination.

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Adheez Van Der Beanthz 24 March 2014

beautiful and full of imagination love it and enjoy to reread

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Md Elias Uddin 23 March 2014

You said I touched you first. Maybe it was just to get away from the cold isolation sizzling under my skin. Imagination......................!

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Elena Sandu 22 March 2014

Beautiful poem! I loved the wonders and the struggle to keep in control to me feels like an unspoken fear running between lines of untied pleasure.

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