HePo
Classics
Words
Blog
F.A.Q.
About
Contact
Guidelines
© 2024 HePo
by
Eliot
Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads.
Become a member
The Ember Lion
Poems
Jan 2018
Maintaining a Flame (and the Included Dangers)
I was born with thick skin
and a heartbeat.
My mother read bedtime stories
that scared away the monsters
below
The rain fell heaviest
on the one who held the umbrella
above
all the while a drizzle melted my skin.
My face grew small,
and my hair smoldered.
And the funniest thing was that
they concerned themselves with
keeping
the fire fed.
Written by
The Ember Lion
Follow
😀
😂
😍
😊
😌
🤯
🤓
💪
🤔
😕
😨
🤤
🙁
😢
😭
🤬
0
166
Please
log in
to view and add comments on poems