Challenge
Monthy Poetry Challenge for March.
Write a poem about a cleansing by fire, by any means: Beautiful, dirty, gritty, dark, fluffy... make it yours. Winner is decided by likes, and will receive a crisp $10.00 -Set it alight.
purify me
I counted myself in bruises
I counted myself in scars
touching myself like a rough sketch
dented and pressed in
by the cursive lines
of your blazing, deep-scorched love
callused fingers
imprinting themselves
in the tattooed road map of my spine
these flames of yours
branding stars into my skin
( ash-colored freckles that you like so much on me )
I get so lost on you
turning greedily into dust
only to find myself
as my fire consumes everything in its reach
demolish me, love
purify my sins
cleans the dirt from under my bones
speak to me in fire
in light
in the language of all our past lives