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Mar 2015 · 541
flames of life
Ashling Mantel Mar 2015
I see the flames of mischief
The ones that Mean no harm
Flames that dance and flicker
Just out of reach from hand and arm

I see the flames of sadness
They burn low and dull
The don't keep me very warm
And disperse at the slightest rainfall

I see the flames of happiness
Warm cheery and red
They fill the hearth
And warm our hearts

I also see the flame  of hate
Tall and despairing
Leaping from building to building
Leaving nothing but ashes

Try as you might
Try to be like me
But the only flames you'll ever see

Are the ones that force you to flee
Mar 2015 · 1.9k
ring of roses
Ashling Mantel Mar 2015
Ring around the rosie
Running from black death
Nothing can save us a deal has been made

Pocket full of posie
Save us from black death
We did not see our error
Until our last dying breath

Ashes ashes
Our eyes like glass
We can't see the smoke rise
Or the fire overhead

We all fall down
Try to run if you must
But black death catches all
From the poor to the mighty
Brought to our knees

Black death is coming
So run and flee
Mar 2015 · 530
dead man
Ashling Mantel Mar 2015
Ashes and fire his wildest dreams
A nightmarish complexity you will always see
Heaven has fallen and hell has been raised
For this demon destroyed our heavenly gates
All is over the fire consumed
Ashes to ashes fell the world's last few

His eyes are cold and black as night
His heart like stone unbreakable and dead
The blood in his veins is black
Just like the heart of those who called him back
A dead man alive
And never destined to meet his tortuous end

He lays down in bed sleeping peacefully
Not worrying about the demons under his bed
Because the are inside the dead man instead

A demon king no love to behold
At least that's the story the darkness told
Mar 2015 · 302
if you saw
Ashling Mantel Mar 2015
What would happen if you saw me?
If you truly saw me
If you saw past my face
Past my clothes
Past my words
What would happen if you truly saw me?
I'll tell you
You would see a dark writhing mass
Confusion and hatred
Violence and untamed fear
You would see my loneliness
You would see how much I despise everything
But you would also see how much love is inside me
How much I care for people
You would see how much I want everyone to love me as much as I love them
You would see how much I understand
How well I can see other people
But you can't see this
Because you can't look past my face
You can't look past my clothes
You can't look past my words
All you can see is what lies before you

— The End —