#coals
we were body to body
my head on your chest was my favourite hobby
until it went cold like hockey
how can something so intimate turn into just another thing?
another place, another time
another day I write my feelings inside
the colourful pages of my diary
wake up after dreaming of you with anxiety
my passion is fiery but the coals are growing cold
your hands I cannot even imagine anymore
your touch cannot activate me anymore
we cannot restore what we had before
sure we were body to body
and my head on your chest was my favourite hobby
but I deserve more, I cannot settle
we were golden but now there's rust in the metal
Dec 14, 2021
Dec 14, 2021 at 2:38 PM UTC
One click, two clicks as they are locked within the chamber.
Trapped within themselves, stoking coals red hot with anger.
Because...
Kindness is a trinket, and people value it as much.
An ornament worth a look, but seldom worth a touch.
And now...
Sitting in this chamber, who I am remains unseen.
I could not cut enough to show what lies beneath.
And still...
I am who I am, and this world will not change me.
I will be who I am, this pain will not derange me.
And I wish...
I wish that all they saw was the color of my soul.
I wish my story mattered to them a bit more.
But now...
One click, two clicks with a hollow point in the chamber.
Freedom from myself, soaking walls blood red with anger.
Apr 28, 2021
Apr 28, 2021 at 5:38 PM UTC
Tell me, what is it like,
to crooked-roll the dice, to
always get snake-eyes, to keep
slipping on ice?
Tell me why he talks, tell
me why he walks, the
way he does, like he's barefoot
on the coals.
He's barefoot on the rocks.
All those dice sit in your cup.
"C'mon girl, just fill 'er up."
And tell me why he laughs
at all those broken hands,
and broken hearts,
and palms of sand,
and crooked dice,
that fell, through
cracks, and on the lines,
out of their hands, into your eyes.
You said, "Sometimes, I see better,
when the sand up here is wetter. That girl
tried to take the gritty pain away —I didn't let her."
"The sand I put there, in her eyes," he said, "reminded her
of all her lies, and I never did forget her."
Feb 24, 2021
Feb 24, 2021 at 12:54 AM UTC
Better a small spark of flame
From hot coals and ash
Than a great bolt of light
That goes out with a flash
.
Aug 8, 2020
Aug 8, 2020 at 2:24 PM UTC
Fire sparks along the walls of my gut.
Smoke pours from mouth—the cries I tried to release, gone.
Lies lies lies lies and excuses,
there’s a burning in my stomach.
I feel words wither on my tongue
As yours overpower and overwhelm.
Questions asked
About every word.
I’ll set it on fire
I’ll set it all on fire.
Coals to your wisdom,
Embers to your truth.
I’ll set it on fire.
Stop asking me
And doubting me
And lying.
I’ll set it all on fire.
Aug 29, 2019
Aug 29, 2019 at 10:05 PM UTC
a home
here with
coals 'bout
tarter there's
aflame that
mustn't rake
this world
again if
hypnotics lest
than ions
seed hygiene
while it's
really artificial
and much
pervasive in
matters of
the stars
Apr 21, 2018
Apr 21, 2018 at 8:27 AM UTC
She had eyes like coals
dark and hard
large but charred
She had a smile like pearls
nice and white
small but bright
She had a heart of gold
strong like oak
huge but broke
Mar 14, 2018
Mar 14, 2018 at 3:08 PM UTC
*When the heat from your hatred has burned out,
what more will you have left; but coals?*
Sep 20, 2016
Sep 20, 2016 at 1:43 PM UTC
Love is like walking on burning coals
It is a real test of all the real loving souls
Love and beauty has just different roles
Beauty on love exercises its all controls
Very many tests are on the way of love
Please do understand my innocent dove
Since we have crossed all the barriers now
So be ready with your archer and the bow
For the taste of your eyes I can just do a lot
Keeping tight the love and beauty's knot
You will burn me being so burning and hot
Let us keep intact the beauty of love plot
Embrace me and burn me with your charm
Being in real love my love is just no harm
Let love show and practice its real norm
Allow my love to take over beauty by storm
Col Muhammad Khalid Khan
Copyright 2016 Golden Glow
Jun 1, 2016
Jun 1, 2016 at 1:51 AM UTC
I know it,
It burns like hot coals in my throat.
Directions that seem clear,
Only to disappear when it's time to go.
It's never goodbye,
But it feels like so.
What broken record am I that it stays and stings?
A heart is a useful gift,
But sometimes it's use.
Is restricted by what it brings.
Mar 21, 2016
Mar 21, 2016 at 10:06 PM UTC
I have been on a playground of coals,
They are charred with bone
I skip on and flesh parched
Every
Ride
Burns
Another part of my humanity away.
"I feel nothing"
As chains I swing upon
Eroding,
Flaying,
Splintered
Shards of bone, that which was
Mortality has no place.
Until the shell peels and
Only the shadow of me remains,
I was
Human,
Soul,
Flesh
That is all faded upon parched coals.
I was, but now I am only darkness,
After humanity and light is burned away.
Jan 1, 2015
Jan 1, 2015 at 6:53 PM UTC
one match.
kindled
one infatuation
this lit match
was contained
in a jar
in the innermost parts
of my heart
i protected it with
all i had
i trusted you
which was quite sad.
one day
you broke
this fragile jar
that's when it began.
hot sizzling ambers
glow red
as the morning sun
burning intensely
giving off an odorless smoke
see,
my heart
has been now set ablaze for you
its veins produce
a scorching red
liquid
that burns at the thought of you
it does not
only hold liquids
but it holds angst
angst
since you left me
in this fiery blaze
amidst the bright flames
at the bottom
lies coal
coal.
this black ashy substance
fueling the ****** agony
coal.
from the time
you betrayed me.
when deceit seemed
to only be on your tongue of fire
coal.
when you said
our love was like an everlasting cigarette
but instead you gently blew out the light
what a lie.
the blaze rages on
destroying the memories
of what used to be
it regains strength
it heals the soil
gives light to the new
it releases
exorbitant amounts
of catharsis
i feel it
the fire
will never die
with the unfortunate truth
that you were never mine
but the only thing that will be remembered
is how much i had tried
(b.d.s.)
Jun 16, 2014
Jun 16, 2014 at 2:49 PM UTC