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i'm really into reading poetry right now, all forms and even open form/free verse. give me something worth reading. any topic :)
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Thirstypen in Poetry & Free Verse
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Fire Man

close all the doors

and draw the shades

please bar the floor

i'll make a cage

you walked away

forgot my love

you couldn't stay

i'm not your dove

im just a man

a burning one

i hate my place

so now its done

my fire burns

invisibly

for all to spurn

though none can see

this heat is cool

it has no light

it chars so cruel

throughout the night

please put me out

please cover me

i beg and shout

though none hear me

i leave my home

tread carefully

chaos must roam

hurt only me

my dread and fears

have all come true

i burnt the tears

i've cried for you

i wish you all

that you deserve

i cannot call

you left me first

my friend is pain

i let it bite

we are the same

are flames are white

and we both choose

to waste away

we love to lose

but please just stay

or let the burn

consume us both

although i yearn

to keep our oaths

we said always

and come what may

despite the blaze

you said you'd stay

not violent

but see my flaws

you left silent

and broke our laws

i burn alone

your water gone

goodbye home

i was love's pawn.

#heartache #lostlove #agony #forgiveness

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