My skin caught on fire at the flick of your wrist. 

The match igniting my weak flesh. 

You stare into my eyes as the flame creeps up my legs. 

It reaches my abdomen, rising quickly.

But it stops. 

I close my eyes and feel the flame evaporating.

With a shaky breath, I harness the fire. 

And I can feel it hiding deep inside me.

I am able to look at you with a brave face.

Your eyes look so unforgiving. 

But I can hold back my tears as I stare back at you.I can prove that I'm strong, despite the burning flames.

Poetry is more than a genre among the several others. Poetry is our thoughts, our feelings, our dreams, our hopes ... poetry can be anything you feel inside you. In some cases, poetry is more meaningful than other genres because the purpose of poetry is to inspire and express our feelings. Genuine poets can make us feel what they feel, and they can show us their pain, their happiness, and any other emotions they have. Poetry in its truest form isn't just ink on paper or text on a screen. True poetry is an adventure, it's a world that the author has created for us.

Poetry guides us, it inspires us, and it makes us feel what we thought we never could feel. The beauty of poetry is that we can all create it if we have passion and true emotion.