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Siren Song of Fire

The softness of feminine beauty

Shimmers at the ends of long, winding trails,

Back-lighting the swaying ferns and vines

With the siren song of iridescence

 

There is such darkness that would consume this light.

There are veins of electricity

Corroding Martian canals into your soft flesh

 

I am here to tend the fire

Which your spark can't help but ignite.

I don't want to throw myself upon these flames and blot them out,

But give them space to reach into the trees

And spread light to everyone

 

So much wasted potential drains away with your tears of joy.

The hiss of evaporation into these soft flames

Is the song I sing for you

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Written by
owen-phillips
American
Published
Mar 13, 2014
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9 February 2014

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