The Fervor

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The Fervor

Peer into the windows of my soul and be blinded by the passion
for it burns deep.
Come not close, for the ardor flames eternal, you won't escape
its grasp.
A blaze must have breath to grow wild; you became the essence of it all.
My first beholding--the yearning 
Your premiere utterance--the spark
Your foremost embrace--The flame 
Your pristine kiss--The fire
Enchantment came when eye to eye with the brilliant shimmering.
The cold of the flame seized my liking
Yet seared more intense than the rest.
Engulfed by desire, obliviously oppressed I became.
Your vow--My inspiration 
Your fading--My agony
Your apathy--My solitude 
Your forsaking--My vanquishment
And the fervor commenced to dwindle, I offered myself in sustenance.
A flicker, a whimper and all was dark; the world, my heart, no light
shone there.
My soul, ascending, with the death of the fire, ghostlike and free of form.
The flame--To sunder 
The remembrance--My fatal flaw
The passion--Gone astray 
Your last words--My final breath

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RareJewell commented on The Fervor

10-07-2009

Ok this one is my favorite. Beautifully written. The actions of one in comparison to the guttural raw emotion of another. Gorgeous work.

vancelemley

10/14/2009

thanks so much for that...not too many people appreciate the structure, too many don't appreciate free form verse

graceladymn commented on The Fervor

09-07-2009

Love deeply felt and put to words so well. We know not how the winds of alignment take us but when hearts speak the paths overlap and in that second one must choose and so as it nears are you yet choosing or is the shadows the desired rest?

vancelemley

09/15/2009

thanks for that and for the poetic way you expressed it, and the answer to that question is something I haven't been able to answer myself

Poetry is what is lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

vancelemley’s Poems (19)

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