Burning

A coal as hot as the knife is deep in my heart

Anger is the only emotion fully worth feeling
It burns like a coal deep within my festering heart
Knowing that my burns are incapable of healing
Knowing I am no longer safe behind my rampart

With a ferocity it burns, to the very core of my being
Detrimental to all other courses my life does take
Impartial to the fact that it's only Love while I'm dreaming
Yet this fire cannot burn out for my own selfish sake

Jealousy is something that I cannot seem to overcome
An emotion seated so deep within the confines of my soul
There is nothing I wouldn't give to change this outcome
To take my ravaged heart and once again make it whole

Yet even as I sit, alone here in the ever-impeding dark
You sit as you ever have, far beyond my reach
As the darkness closes all I can pray for is a spark
Yet a darkness encloses that no hope can breach

Reviews

[Brooke Nicole Plummer]

digs deep into emotion. I like it.

[JasmineWoods]

wow this poem is very deep and extremely well-written
your a very good writer I love the way you put this together
Each word holds strength and adds impact to the reader.
Great work :)