Burn

By purr_verse

I am more beautiful than you.

You are lauded and applauded -
from afar -
but up close
you're gaudy, tacky, overwrought and
uncomfortable.
But I am beautiful, and I am patient,
and I am relentless;
and I shall take your brightness,
choke the life from it,
slowly
gloriously
in fire and amber and rust,
and you shall not be mourned

because I am beautiful
and all they will see
is my magnificence.

And my destruction
will be unstoppable
and your death
will be as nothing
and my reign
will stain the world
royal purples, passionate reds, violent yellows,
the fires of true glory,

and your only remaining shade
will be of envy.

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Published on Friday, October 4, 2013. Filed under: "Poetry"

Awards

November 25th, 2014

Comments on "Burn"

On Thursday, June 4, 2020, Divine hell (238) wrote:

To me this reflects self confidence and willpower, this exudes those qualities like the sun.
On Friday, February 15, 2019, Jonas Robinson (848) wrote:

I enjoy this because of the confidence you mush have felt during your composing expression. Thank you for sharing, and congrats on your award. :)
On Thursday, September 21, 2017, Godot (22) wrote:

Purr, it's wonderful to see you back around! I think we've been ships crossing in the night on this site for years. Thanks for posting a suggested reading list -- I'll be going through it :)
On Friday, June 30, 2017, Jonas (715) wrote:

this evokes, for me, an image of our sun, as it ages and expands to consume our little world.
On Sunday, January 15, 2017, dwells (4177) wrote:

The green-eyed monster has returned! A scathing characterization PV and guessing somebody done her wrong. Beauty, determination, and the world is at your feet. We are not worthy :) Cheers! - Dan
On Tuesday, January 5, 2016, Carmina Gitana (149) wrote:

I came by your page on the off chance you'd been back here in the years since I last visited . . . this was like finding the last piece of chocolate at the bottom of the basket. This was deliciously vicious. Love, love. It's like, I knew all these words before, but when you use them, you paint them into life.
On Saturday, August 15, 2015, jonLyndon (113) wrote:

" lauded and applauded" ! yea, still love this poem. Very worthy of Poem for the Day/Month/Year...
On Friday, August 14, 2015, jonLyndon (113) wrote:

Pure genius!
A former member wrote: ...and this is the very genre that made me fall in love with dark poetry. This left me smiling. Thanks for sharing.
On Friday, January 31, 2014, carlosjackal (2788) wrote:

Praise be to The Sun, der hellster Stern von allen!
On Wednesday, January 22, 2014, TropicalSnowstorm (1580) wrote:

"but up close you're gaudy, tacky, overwrought and uncomfortable." - fantastic wording throughout this piece. It was so good to see something new from you. I had almost given up looking. : ) Ciao, T/S
On Thursday, January 16, 2014, jonLyndon (113) wrote:

Killing summer! "...in fire and amber and rust" gloriously.&,in - - glorious guise: the season that falls, leaves all 'round, is the season that kills... a poignant work of art, as autumns' kiss.
On Friday, October 4, 2013, FadedBlues (2096) wrote:

...quite a heroic statement & compelling reading. power is beautiful...
A former member wrote: This one got personal. Had to do a few double takes to make sure it was you who posted. This is what I needed to read this evening...I am being slowly suffocated by the bright beauty of many truths. I do envy, & I do feel very gaudy, tacky, overwrought, & uncomfortable these days. Your poem helps purge this feeling. Now to burn the corpse. Blaze on.
A former member wrote: Nice descriptions such as in fire and rust Awesome
On Friday, October 4, 2013, NikesRain (1240) wrote:

not a gauntlet thrown down but a riding down upon..... radiates so much more than just a statement or promise...strong...scathing...a mindset to aspire to