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POEM STARTER
Submitted by Butterfly Queen
Write a poem that centres around one of the elements: fire, water, earth, or wind.
It could be descriptive or metaphorical.
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Fire fire fire, it can be a disaster. It can burn down homes and clear out our bush lands.
Was it really the fire that is dangerous though or the person using it?
In the olden days, fire was a survival skill, if you had it you were pretty lucky.
Burn off’s are used to get rid of unwanted things, if done right it is controllable.
Candles need to be lit, some burn powerful and high but if you’re...
In the wind
We scatter
Like ashes
Lose altogether
In the wind
We fly
Like birds
Far and wide
In the wind
We find
How weak we are
How blind
In the wind
We dissolve
Slowly, like stone
In water
In the wind
We are cold
To the bones, as if
Our souls were sold
In the wind
We cry
For our eyes
Become dry
In the wind
We are free
Like the leaves
Of a tree
In the wind
We wait
For a shelter
‘Till we fi...
Leave and branches made you come,
With the sun shining you showing off.
The way you act like a two face person,
Help us with what we need,
Take away what need.
You are a element of the nature,
You have your duty to perform.
We want to stay close to you,
We want to stay away from you.
You and us treat each other well,
But there will be a angry moment....
When the Phoenix flames
Shine upon the rocks
Of Gibraltar, shaking
Their very roots to the
Core, you will find my
Eyes ablaze, carrying
Full purpose.
The day is coming;
A spark shall light red
Razor-feathers and
Cast beams bright
Enough to blot the Sun’s
Rays themselves.
And when meager times
Arrive, I will not wither.
I will be the candle which
Never fades, my resolve
The endless
Wick, the fuel...
Wind that whips my hair around
Fire that consumes the very ground
Earth that will move and shift and grow
Water with its endless bountiful flow
How barren the earth would be
Without the elements to last for eternity
Would man have survived
If not for the great elements who thrived
They provide and destroy
Though to them, we mortals are a mere toy
Perhaps more like the elements we should be
B...
If a man were to cradle me,
His embrace, a fleeting gust,
Like leaves rustling in the night, his touch,
Would surely turn to dust.
If a man were to run his hands,
Through my hair till break of day
The night would blur, the sunrise would,
Be dull and dimmed by gray.
If a man were to ignite me,
With hands aflame, passion's blaze,
The fire would only scorch my heart,
Leaving naught b...
My life is a burning mess,
I'm consumed in a whirlwind of heat,
The pain inside me lingers like a flame that won't extinguish,
The trauma from when I was assaulted and harassed,
It's like a fire that's slowly creeping up,
Consuming everything in its path,
I'm burning up inside with the rage and pain that remains from those dark times,
I'm like a fire that needs to be put out.
-Ash...
I need to clear my mind.
I need to take all the junk,
All the useless thoughts,
All the distracting fears,
And throw them away.
I just don’t know how.
Being outside works.
In the freezing air,
Wind blowing until my cheeks sting
And my eyes water.
I want that.
It seems to tear into me,
Until I am nothing but a heart and bones.
I want everything I am to be torn away,
I want to start over.
I want tha...
You're fire
Wild and uncontrollable
Healing and hurting
I love your warmth
So much I'll ignore the burns
You are water
Life and vigour
Salty but quenching
A system in itself
Benevolent and merciless
You're air
That's stolen from my lungs
That never expanded fully
Untill I met you
You are a breath after drowning
A gulp of life I seemed to be missing out on
You're the earth
Moving mountains li...
As our gazes meet,
I feel a crackle of electricity,
Every nerve in my body
Tingles with anticipation.
I think I am going to
Burst into flames,
The air leaving my lips
Is a puff of gray smoke.
The heat of my body
Ascends up to my cheeks
Like a flame,
Painting them a
Slashing red.
You are the girl of my fantasies,
The face of my wet dreams,
And tattooed on my mind....
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