The Sanity of Us

by Fleedleflump

When raging hearts of incandescent flame
burn fierce and careless, callously ignoring
the guilt or barrages of heavy blame
encumbering the soul's inflamed, adoring

muse, to lick at the sanctum of our death,
we cannot fight the danger built inside.
For every flicker balanced on a breath,
insanity's a scorch we can't abide

until the embers, blackened, soaked by tears,
reflect a verdant subtlety of pain
so beautiful, it floats across the years
of yearning, learning, balming, cool refrain

to effervesce, like waves upon our sand,
as we advance by decade, hand in hand.

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We yearn in fire, but persist in water's cool flow. I hope you enjoyed the read.

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The Sanity of Us

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