"teach me to wear fire"
draped me in flames of the phoenix
and dance with me like the hot wisps
setting spark to our heaven
only to extinquish
with waters from Ur's well
"teach me to wear fire"
in a halo of educating pain,
over my heart
in a pendant
an ember of Amber
cauterizing
my gaping wound.
Author notes
"teach me to wear fire" - R. Reichard
Urs well = well of wisdom at base of Yggradsil the world tree, it is this well which Odin cast his sacrificed eye into to gain his third sight, ability to traverse tweenst the nine realms, etc.. Norse pantheon.
Amber = first ex fiance
phoenix - ancient symbol for rebirth (to make a long story short).
A contest entry
- Teach Me to Wear Fire by Heart Sutra.
1000 points, ended December 1, 2008, 28 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Thank you for sharing your poetry with the contest.
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Brilliant!!!
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How wonderful...creative and deep but full of feelings...nicely done...
Always a pleasure and something to think about...
best to you!
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thnx gal,
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I like it (: the word heart repeats in the last stanza... was thinking maybe you could replace the first heart with chest or something. then the second heart would carry more impact... but your call absolutely.
very well written.
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egads, thanks for bringin that to my attention.
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sure (: I like the edit.
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Like this LL, deep yet has the emotion in it to draw the reader into the pain. C
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thanks gal.
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almighty, first where did you get this trippy bg, and second, and amazing poem, keep it flowing and good luck in the contest
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thanx hoss, made me realize this was a graphic no no zone, and i slapped out the graphic WTF apeshit merangue goulash. I got it off deviant, i will look it up now.
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