This piece is part of Margins of the First Draft — a collection of poetry that was originally written in my teens or early adulthood. I think it was fun to revisit some of them and *add additional poetry to the margins*.
As I have mentioned, am now sharing them with the dVerse Poets Pub on their Open Link Nights.
You can access all the other awesome entries at their link-up.
Flammable
I wish
That my poetry was a flammable fluid
With words spilling from my fingertips
The smell of petroleum
The light of a match
Set his world on fire
Poetry on the Margins #2 Afterglow
I wonder, if words alone could ever set someone on fire.
Think —
someone pisses you off at work
and all you say is one, simple, word
and they turn to ashes.
Splendid... huh?
Well, that maybe is not what I meant.
Entirely.
More so,
I was hoping for a little sprinkle of magic this piece could evoke —
perhaps, even gently, tug on the heartstrings?
Perhaps haunt someone?
To be honest,
I certainly would love to haunt a person.
Note to self:
When I die,
haunt a person.
Misplace something,
to mildly inconvenience them.
Or something...
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14 Comments
I know your poemnis a serious write. But thst desire to haunt made me laugh😄😄😄
Much love
I am actually rather happy if it makes people laugh… That second part is supposed to be a bit more… Light and a little funny… Or so…
Thank you for the comment.
A lovely collection. Words ignite? Remind me to stay on the right side of you!
Hehehe. Thank you!
I wonder too if we really want to have that strong voice… the consequences would be really chilling. Better to haunt them a bit afterwards
I don’t think people do notice how much power words actually do have.
I enjoyed your thought progression–your poem made me smirk, Reelika!
Your comment made me smile. Thank you, am glad you enjoyed it and that it made you smirk too.
I enjoyed this one, Reelika! I think most people would like to haunt after they cross over to afterlife!
I would not even do it out of spite. I would lovingly haunt the ones I love… Just my love language is eternal shenanigans… Or something…
Great addition to the original and an idea I should try to pursue with my own old writings, which are nowhere near as good as yours. Well doen Reelika 👏
Thank you and you could try… It was super fun.
…I myself think that you write very well!
I so enjoyed your verses, Reelika! Haunting someone… now that’s something I think is a great idea!
Aww, thank you so-so much. I think it could be fun too.