Melt
Steel at my back
a welcome intrusion,
confirming my own suspicions, permitting my desires
—sharpening them, even.
Fuel to the flames.
Silken petals drip
sweet, honeyed molasses dew
nocturnal flower blossoming
—firelighting below Diana’s gaze.
Spindle to depression, kindle and spark,
we set the world ablaze.
Caught like a butterfly in the spider’s web,
trapped, held mindlessly, mercilessly betwixt
pleasure and pain —saccharine release promised only
from the combining of silk and steel, catching fire
and melting into one.
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Written on 2020
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 06, 2022
Modified on March 08, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXXX XXXBXB XXXXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 537 |
Words | 88 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 5 |
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