Ignis Fatuus

 

Passion is not we felt

Our need was not savage

Touching, groping

Far from the truth

 

Our smiles stole through

Laughs turning towards

gasps

            pants

                        sighs    

It all fit, so perfectly

 

 

Perfection is what we reached

So close together we were one

Gestures the words of the night

 

I was the pleasure you’d reach

         The desires you have always felt

                Acted on me

                              I only needed to be told

 

                              The storm was raging

               Thrashing on us

         The house cowering under its power

Friends hiding away until the end

 

Here we are:

Keeping ourselves together

Sewing our wounds in red strings

My promises mixing with your moments

 

Stop.

Tick.

Tock.   

Tick.

Tock.   

Flash.

 

The lightening brightens your face.

I see that stare.

Pause.

 

You grab my hand.

Pull it away.

Stop.

 

 

Somehow

We’ve reached the floor

Somehow

The storm has passed by

Somehow

Time has run out on us

 

Rewind.

 

Leading me under the window.

Following your lead.

Holding hands.

 

Taking it in.

Instinct overpowered.

Keeping this old innocence.

 

The storm raged.

We watched.

We loved.

 

For once.

For our sakes.

For the moment.

 

Play.

 

Sleep had won.

Secrecy snuck out.

Love lingered for a bit.

 

Try to remember this night.

The fury of nature.

The non-passion.

The red wounds.

The innocence.

 

J  u  s  t    t  r  y

Author's Note

Ignis Fatuus:
A mysterious light seen at night flickering over marshes; when approached, it advances, always out of reach.

Reviews

[Dani]

Ignis Fatuus:
A mysterious light seen at night flickering over marshes; when approached, it advances, always out of reach.

^^^^ Like Will-o-the-Whisp?
Awesome!
You have talent and I hope to see some amaz-a-zing poetry when we're off at college doing other things :]
Loved it
*thumbs up*

[Orlando Murcia]

Wow! very creative
I loved everything about it

Not a lot of people have this style
brilliant work!

Orlando M

[Ophelia]

I liked this a LOT. It has a lot of strong emotion. This style reminds me a lot of Sylvia Plath. Do you by any chance read any of her work? Anyhoo, this poem is great. I adore it!

[Dietrich von Crowe]

You've done it, you've baffled me.
I see that you wrote in your personal format again, and I rather like the storm imagery you used, along with the shape of the stanzas (tornado lol).
Creative..., though I'm curious for what inspired it, or how you were feeling when writing it.