Dangerous Flames

<3 sometimes it's just not meant to be

I want the best for you
-But it can't be me-
I've seen your kind
How you roam wild and free,

And let it be
Let it be
You can run
Far as you see,

Chase the fire
Catch it in your hands
Let the coals slowly burn through
But I want the best for you
-and playing with fire
just won't do-

My breath alone
Puts flames to death
With a mist
And dew
That cools the flesh,

Though fire is tempting
With desperate reds,
Fire lures water
Into sizzling beds,

Water ripples
And Fire cripples

Its plain.
It's simple.
theres no happy middle.

Reviews

[Devons]

This is a really rewarding poem. It's so neat and concise that the intelligence contained within it soaks right in with a real sense of completeness. At the very least this is good poetry, and if it missed a beat somewhere then I must have missed it too. The imagery is excellent, and there's something very clever in making something seem simple and complex at the same time.
A lot of people nowadays seem to think that rhyme is old-fashioned and undramatic, but I believe it is the very height of art when it is done well and with meaning.

[Meliss@k]

Thank you so much for the kind review, I have found that most of my poetry does rhyme and I seem to write that way the most. :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

some relationships can really sizzle, but one side becomes too wary, skeptical...conservative...the reckless abandon is replaced by the need to run....we pour water on the fire in our hearts because our head says "be careful"---don't get burned, too dangerous.
j.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Man oh man what a poem, sometimes love is not enough but your words are enough to cut through the hardest of hearts…

My breath alone
Puts flames to death
With a mist
And dew
That cools the flesh,

that part there just blew me away.

[Meliss@k]

Thank you so much for your kind and thought through review!

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

You are welcome, just telling the truth.

[Kurayami]

I like this line,
"I want the best for you
-But it can't be me- "

~Yvette

[Meliss@k]

thank you Yvette, i was wanting that line to really set the stage for the mood and theme of the poem :)