Playing with fire

by Chelsey   Apr 28, 2011


If I could pick one analogy
to describe the action
of what you do to my feelings

I'd say my heart is the box
and you are the match.
Striking it over and over,
lighting my every emotion on fire

Can we call it the heat of passion?
or is it the heat of chastisement?
My comprehension of all this
has turned into debris,
inside my burning chamber of love-
for you

Once the fire fighter,
now I am the pyro,
falling in love with you again.
It's like playing with fire

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  • 13 years ago

    by PinkyPrincess

    Wow, I loved this. First, I like the expression/ analogy "playing with fire" ... it's one of those expressions that make sense and can really hit you (if that makes sense).
    I loved this stanza:
    "I'd say my heart is the box
    and you are the match.
    Striking it over and over,
    lighting my every emotion on fire"

    And the ending was perfect! I loved how the last line was "It's like playing with fire" as the title... so well written.

    Great job!

  • 13 years ago

    by Yakari Gabriel

    If I could pick one analogy
    to describe the action
    of what you do to my feelings
    ^

    Though you couldve done better with the intro,this isn't quiet bad..its quiet intruiging..and it does make me want to know what the action is..so it pulls me in..that's good..

    I'd say my heart is the box
    and you are the match.
    Striking it over and over,
    lighting my every emotion on fire

    ^
    I pictured someone lighting a match on a heart...cool image..nice metaphore here chells bells..

    Can we call it the heat of passion?
    or is it the heat of chastisement?
    My comprehension of all this
    has turned into debris,
    inside my burning chamber of love-
    for you

    ^
    Complex and deep,love this stanza...

    Once the fire fighter,
    now I am the pyro,
    falling in love with you again.
    It's like playing with fire

    ^

    Auch..I like the contrast here...and indeed love is like playing with fire..-_-' bleeh.

    Over all this quiet enjoyable :).you only seem to get better..and I have to mention again...I love the new style.. A poem doesn't have to rhyme to be beautiful..yet the flow was nice :) not at all forced! Keep it up..Chelle De Belle.

  • 13 years ago

    by Jenna Bella Oldridge

    I liked this piece a lot and I liked how you compared falling in love to playing with fire. I felt every word of this and well I would like to give a long comment I can find no faults with this piece so my comment will be quite short but I hope you take on bord what I say when I tell you if this piece is anything to go by you are doing the right thing with your poetry.

    A lovely piece with a lot of feeling keep up the good work

    5/5

  • 13 years ago

    by Karl Wild GG23

    Not sure what it is about people loving the fact they continue to get hurt over and over again in the same relationship. I love the analogy and I know with certainty that many people will relate to these words. 5/5 well done!

  • 13 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    If I could pick one analogy
    to describe the action
    of what you do to my feelings
    ^I don't feel you need this, you state the metaphor throughout the poem so this is redundant.

    Other than that, I totally know this feeling. I think many of us can relate to going back to the same love over and over again because those feelings are never extinguished, & always remain a part of us.

    Also wasn't too fond of the word 'chastisement' being thrown in there, it was a bit heavier than the other words used. I believe it's misspelled the way you have it?

    This feeling was expressed greatly and the metaphor was clear, just a few things that I wanted to point out. Hope I can be of help!