Kim V. Poetry

I loved you
As dark and
As Passionate
As bonfires lighting
The night sky
And became mirrored memories.

I loved you
When I was angry
At the world,
Engulfing myself in the
Warmth of blind rage.
Seething and filled
To the brim with fury.

I loved you then.
I love you still.

Because your love
Gave me peace,
When I tried to
Outrun my shadows.
When the weight of the world
Was too much for me to bear.

You gave me what my
Soul craved,
As I was swallowed by the storm.

Your tendrils of fire
Wrapped around me protectively,
Kept me calm
So I would not be afraid.

And though the ire still
Simmers,
And the ashes linger on my tongue
To distort my speech,
I know that you are here,
And that your love is
Like the flames reflected in my eyes.

The ones that burn
Like magick and ice
In the December rain.

©️KVP
Art: Sandra Andrés Belenguer
Song: “Afterlife,” Hailee Stanfield
Prompts:

“ashes linger on my tongue and distort my speech.”
“flames reflected in my eyes.”
“engulfing myself in warmth.”
“tendrils of fire wrap around me protectively.” #libbyjennerprompts @libbyjenner.poetry
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“swallowed by the storm”
“the weight of the world”
“mirrored memories” #sgreggprompts @sgreggwrites