impetus

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there’s an empty space there

yes, there

i so desperately want to

fill with fire and bad habits

paper white thin skin

stretched across

the expanse of expectant bones

sometimes the passion

flares so bright

that fire is the only thing

that out burns it

passion is also what stands

in between me and that place

but will it just be once?

will i find more blank spaces

screaming for fire

will i find myself filling

them again

with no regrets

gone are the days

when my youth excused

the spaces i filled

when my youth excused

that madness

always searching for a place to fill

side straddle on the razors edge

i wonder why i gave it all up

in the first place

because boy was that madness a method

that made me fly

and fly is what i want to do tonight

too close to the sun

instead i will hover

between sensitivity to heat

and the urge to dive headfirst into the fire

  • Paul Bulai Unsplash
  • This is my own work and has not been generated in whole or in part by AI

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