Addicted To Your Flame

by Ashleigh Skye   Apr 3, 2006


Under your white light of scrutiny,
I wither and slowly melt,
cascading droplets onto the floor,
a heat that only I have felt.

The warmth beets down intensely,
growing hotter with each passing day,
my protective shell lies smoldering,
the cigarette butt in an ashtray.

And like the cigarette I'm speechless,
doomed to burn and smoke,
only able to cough and stutter,
and from the many lies, choke.

Breathless, unable to speak,
like an addict after too many puffs,
continually reaching for my "last one",
while telling myself this is enough.

Then I find myself back at the start,
with my cigarette held tight,
you provide the lighter,
and in a second we both ignite.

Pretty soon there will only be ashes,
a life that simply burned out,
dropped and then forgotten,
beyond the shadow of a doubt.

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  • 17 years ago

    by Broken Inside He only wants to hurt me

    This is really good. i once had a relationship like this but soon we broke up. did you have a relationship like this? great work 5/5

  • 17 years ago

    by Stephanie Naylor

    WOW, all i can say is.........WOW, i mean is a certain kind of symbalisim,(s/p), and using inanimate objects to be people is great

  • 17 years ago

    by Marc Ortiz

    :) I love this poem! you're really talented! keep up the good work! :)

  • 17 years ago

    by Romantic Lover

    I liked your title, when I read it, I was thinking I would be reading a sad love poem. But absolutely not. I like that it was a different topic and again, the flow was great.

  • 17 years ago

    by IdTakeABulletForYou

    Beets = beats

    And like the cigarette I'm speechless, = And like the cigarette, I'm speechless;

    and from the many lies, choke.= kind of sketchy. It would be best for this or the verse to be removed.

    while telling myself this is enough. =while telling myself that this is enough.

    we both ignite. = we ignite

    I enjoyed this poem a real lot, although you could've made the last verse/line a little stronger. All in all, this topic is largely unoriginal, yet somehow you made it seem original.

    Great job,

    Stephen White

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