COMPETITION PROMPT

Write a poem about a form of energy.

You may interpret ‘energy’ however you want, whether scientifically, magically, or metaphorically.

at the bottom of the crater

{so this prompt made me think of how love has the energy of two exploding stars / meteors and and the aftermath in the crater of this energy )


we were an explosion, imploding stars

erosion of any former emotional scars

fuelled by emotion like an unfrozen ocean set free

and in our devotion something was awoken and we could see


the ground falling from under our feet

it swallowed us hole

we followed and rolled

down steep drops, magnificent and dangerous to behold

as they threatened to crumble

a deep fall that beckoned us to tumble

we hit the bottom and stumbled to hold

to reach eachother but we were uncontrolled

it was our perfect mould till it pushed us apart

two souls lost in the crater in our hearts


at first it was only beautiful

like we were doing the undoable

fiery mountains collapsed in sunsets above us

i thought feeling out of your depth was just what love does

a chasm carved into the earth

of infinite worth

just us and our freedom

this place was our eden


but the depth of a crater can only be seen from above

we had leapt to the centre and ran out of love

and when there was nothing left to explore

we started lusting for what came before

we were cold at night and bored in the day

scared of a fight we pushed eachother away

not wanting to stay but too nervous to say

we’d gone from watching the stars to watching love fade


until one day it felt impossible to escape

our energy was gone and we were left in its wake

asking was this a mistake

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