~Flame~

By WordWulf, 3rd Mar 2011 | Follow this author | RSS Feed | Short URL http://nut.bz/s8u0zg7z/
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~is a dream the night when sleep won’t come~the day after the day after~nightmare existence~ shadow candle flame~drifted off with a pen in my vein~awoke needles in my eyes~blood is a hard master~

~Flame~

Pushing words away
lest they eat my sleep
become the only part of me
devour those golden hours
which amount to the rest of me
yes, away with dreams and all that seems
possessed to make an end to me

Anesthesia is an art
to which I might at once lay claim
a shallow grave divided
I might just lie between
some token awareness consciousness
which came first coffee or cream
blackout describes the best held dreams

I lit a candle to threaten the stars
but nobody’s laughing in this wayward place
would someone put out the light
stop this ringing in my ears
I am not afraid of the night
but see what is done in the light of day
no, don’t take my candle away

~Tom (WordWulf) Sterner~
~Haunting Me~
~Blinders Cave~
~The Where and Were~

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WordWulf
Tom Sterner lives in Redding, California and Arvada, Colorado with wife Kathy. He has been published in numerous magazines and on the internet, including Howling Dog Press/Omega, Skyline Literary Review, The Storyteller, and Flashquake. His interne...(more)

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Denise O
3rd Mar 2011 (#)

Iknow you must hear this a lot but, I will repeat it. You have just a magical way with words. I am never diappointed when I visit your pages. Thank you for sharing.:)

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WordWulf
3rd Mar 2011 (#)

I like magical. Thank-you.

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