Medusa Star

A poetic exploration of deep longing, mythological reverence, and divine femininity. Silent admiration drove this writing, and I hope you take this as it best fits you!

In a blackened world of scattered lights,

 your flame pierces mine through the endless night.

 Your glow eclipses all the rest.

 I turn and stay, yet you’ve blinded my gaze-

 a radiant force, a parasitic infestation.

 Can you show me how to hold this flame?

 How to embrace the warmth unashamed?

 And flow with the currents of blaze?

 You’re my Medusa Star, my boundless destination.

 a beauty so magical I could lose my sight.

 Even if I wandered this lonely void,

 your heat would serve as my compass,

 My map, my final location.

But you don’t know, not even half the truth.

  You may never see the storm you’ve brewed.

 Through caged eyes, I’m left apart,

 Watching my Medusa Star ignite my match.

I wish to speak, but the words burn to ash

 Before they risk touching your atmosphere.

 I burn in silence and solitude,

 a galaxy collapsing inward.

 To see you is to expose myself bare

 In a crowd full of photographers and their flashy cameras,

 And risk the world seeing me in your light.

To bare myself is to sit unarmored

Underneath a hot sun that scalds as quickly as it heals.

Author's Note

I wrote this in the midst of a long afternoon, disregarding any "technical" guidelines/rules when it comes to poetry.

Reviews

[D. Mansfield]

I l8ked tbis alot you should keep weiting

[roselyn]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed reading it :)

[August]

I'd say you should keep ignoring rules while writing poems because this is great.. I love the this, especially the 3rd stanza.. keep writing..

[roselyn]

Thank you so much!! I love to dabble in a bit of writing every now and then, perhaps I'll publish another soon

[August]

Please do, yeah..this is so my kind of poem..