Green Fire

By purr_verse

His smile was a winter song...

Legendary and I knew it
and you knew I knew it too
Dark as midnight, voice like velvet,
Intensity embodied true, and
I knew then I was your slave girl
You sat back and laughed awhile, and
I saw flames flash through the winter
Through the winter of your smile.

Power was your greatest pleasure
Showed me death and made it sing
I believed you were the devil
Satan could do anything, and
I knew then you'd always beat me
I can't meet your famous style, and
I felt burning in the winter
In the winter of your smile.

You told me your story and kept me forever
and touched me like lightning and dreamt me your hell,
Dressed me in leather and loved me for lying
and kissed me with passion, you knew me so well,
And I dreamed of darkness, of demons and danger
and lust in the evening and flying much higher,
Of magick and mystery, incense and liquor -
I looked in your eyes and they flashed with green fire.

Everyone who knows you wants you
Either dead or for their own,
You reject all but a few, for
You do better all alone, and
Then you touched me so serenely
Like you knew your kiss would thrill, and
I fell like so many others
Many others you would kill.

And I danced in roses, in promise and beauty,
In mystical havens and burgundy wine
In fancy and freedom and pleasure and romance
In infinite fixtures unchanging with time,
And you gave me splendour and fathoms of favours
and darkest luxuriant perfect desire,
And my love, my darkling, obsessional demon -
I looked in your eyes and they flashed with green fire.

Love like poison and I knew it
and you knew I knew it too
Dark as Hades, touch of crimson,
Deadly star embodied true, and
I knew then I was your saviour
You sat back and laughed awhile, and
I saw flames flash through the winter
Through the winter of your smile.

I saw flames flash through the winter
Yes, you knew you had me still
I felt burning
I felt burning
Many others you would kill.

And I dreamed of bloodlust, of art and dissention,
Charisma impossible, beauty surreal,
Of mirrors and visions and climactic marvels
The thousands of fictions that you made me feel,
And herein lies victory, strange and perplexing,
and futures without you dissolve in the pyre
Gently infernal and lethal as lovers
I looked in your eyes and they flashed...

Through the winter burns the fire.

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Published on Monday, December 1, 2003. Filed under: "Poetry"

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On Saturday, October 3, 2020, sIo (898) wrote:

Jaw dropping at worst...this was invigorating and soothing at the same time. Always a treat.
On Sunday, July 12, 2020, LIFEINVADER (277) wrote:

The imagery going on here is just fantastic! I can relate to some of the things you write here, it's a superb piece indeed, very inspiring and insightful! Great work!
On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, purr_verse (1052) wrote:

Thank you so much; hugely appreciated.
On Monday, June 22, 2020, FenriristoXic (10) wrote:

My, I saw things from behind my as I read this! Good job!
On Sunday, June 28, 2020, purr_verse (1052) wrote:

thank you, sir, truly
On Sunday, May 10, 2020, tonebone (48) wrote:

My god purr verse! I was floored by the imagery and how succinct and deliberate this piece was. It actually made the hair on the back of my neck rise and sent gooseflesh in several waves through my body. I had to read it several times and double back while reading it so compelled by its content was I. When I'm compelled to do this it's a sign I'm sufficently aroused to get the full effect of your effort. I dont know if your effect of describing me personally is the point of your mastery or my own vanity which made me ashamed and elated all at the same time....thank you for this one and now must go read more of your work.
On Monday, May 11, 2020, purr_verse (1052) wrote:

Sincerely, thank you. What a magnificent comment.
A former member wrote: Pure awesomness just awesome 10
A former member wrote: This was good but, I like bent better.
On Friday, October 23, 2015, jonLyndon (113) wrote:

still fantastic ...
A former member wrote: I...I am just... speechless. *_* This is flawless. Keep up the good work! Truly amazing. :')
On Tuesday, September 9, 2014, BetaWolfinVA (791) wrote:

ohh my lord, what a wild ride
A former member wrote: Wow! I have to say you are really good! I thought this was absolutely beautiful. Reminds me of someone... Wish I could write half as good as this. I like the way you tied this together. The whole thing took a step into my life. Well done!
A former member wrote: I couldn't possibly pick out just a few lines that are my fave.. this poem is perfectly flawless... I bow to thee.. Bravo!
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, BlackVelvet Rose (175) wrote:

His smile was a winter song... Legendary and I knew it and you knew I knew it too Dark as midnight, voice like velvet, Intensity embodied true, and I knew then I was your slave girl You sat back and laughed awhile, and I saw flames flash through the winter Through the winter of your smile. These have to be my fav lines.... a slave girl .... oh my.... you have spoken to my soul on this one....
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, FadedBlues (2096) wrote:

...the eyes dance thru the music of this. you place us in a jail cell, the door is secured by your passion & meter & rhyme, & we're not leaving...
On Monday, February 4, 2013, BetaWolfinVA (791) wrote:

I loved this, not sure what you were describing, a person or a feeling but it was well done, and i got lost in your words
On Saturday, December 8, 2012, Dreamscape (22) wrote:

Nice work, I enjoyed reading this, I hope you own a guitar.
A former member wrote: I know you don't intend it, but a lot of your lines spark ideas for me. The first & last lines are sheer perfection. Intense. One of your best. I get very lost in your work, purr_verse. Wish I could leave a more suitable comment almost as much as I wish I could see more writing like this around here.
On Sunday, May 29, 2011, jonLyndon (113) wrote:

"You told me your story and kept me forever and touched me like lightning and dreamt me your hell" Classic you; such genius & brilliance your weaving of words, like a mythic/mystical witchy poet. The boodlust, the darkling serenity, the winter flames all in the vein of Green Fire... "fathoms of favour" "gently infernal and lethal as lovers" and finally POEM OF THE DAY so truly warranted. I've known this poem just shy of 8 years, and it still burns... perfectly. And further-finally: the Endline: so absolute in it's infinite finite as the paradox of day in night. Pure brilliance.
On Sunday, May 29, 2011, jonLyndon (113) wrote:

ps, yes, of course, a most perfect intro line, as well. And as well, the day the Trilogy is complete! This Pen & Ink world juxtaposed in steampunk-cyberspace will be that-so-much-purrfect-better... ~jon
On Sunday, August 22, 2010, Kittykat (35) wrote:

This is poetic magic, I was glued to every word. It has a darkness than draws you in and makes you yearn to know the darkling personally. Fantasy set in motion.
On Tuesday, August 24, 2010, purr_verse (1052) wrote:

ahh, thank you; the lead character* in my god-knows-when-i'll-complete-it trilogy would be honoured. *he's the darkling. >:D
A former member wrote: This poem has it all.
A former member wrote: amazing.
A former member wrote: *bookmarks*
A former member wrote: *picks up jaw* you beautiful creature you! "voice like velvet" - remarkable line. this piece sends shivers down my back. the best piece i've read on here in a long time. the flow of this is great. haunting yet so beautiful.
On Friday, August 22, 2008, Jonas (715) wrote:

well, i am at a loss as to what to type, anyone that reads this should know that it is excellent in more than one facet... thank you for writing and further giving me the chance to read.
On Friday, July 18, 2008, Scarrzz (235) wrote:

The personality of this work is incerdibly alluring, the rythms and the subjective feel are like waves that ebb and flow and carry me along. Instant fav.
On Monday, March 10, 2008, Circe Avalon (115) wrote:

OH HOLY JESUS!!!! THIS FUCK'N ROCKS! I loved every single line of this poem. Honestly. You are an artist. FAVE!
On Tuesday, March 4, 2008, Lilith (18) wrote:

wow...wonderful piece! the rhythm made it easy to read. An exciting piece :)
On Tuesday, March 4, 2008, DarkPoet (229) wrote:

I enjoyed that a lot, rarely is a piece so much fun to read.
A former member wrote: "and touched me like lightning and dreamt me your hell" Haunting & exotic. A touch of something almost Poe, almost Shakespeare: "Through the winter of your smile." The rhythm, the surreal.
On Monday, February 13, 2006, ApathysKiss (377) wrote:

oh wow...every aspect of its composition befitting a readers spectacular appreciation of an elegant, waltzing, conflicting splay of seasonal imagery, zeal of foreboding emotions...such paramount skill! -=ak=-
A former member wrote: this is amazing, a masterpiece, i could comment on every line of it but im sure you've heard it all. it makes me feel alive, glad to be a human.
On Thursday, May 19, 2005, Trail of Fiends (37) wrote:

Magnificent. Going to fav this.
On Thursday, December 30, 2004, Sepulcrawl (78) wrote:

this is perfect -pxc
On Thursday, December 16, 2004, Kali Ma (43) wrote:

This was one of the best poems I have read on DarkPoetry so far. Amazing, just amazing (and I mean it). ~ Asheai
On Wednesday, November 10, 2004, knightmirror (426) wrote:

i can't believe i hadn't read this marvelous marble centerpiece.....it reminded me of an excerpt from a religious book....jeeeezzz....this one is really hard to give proper justice no matter what type of comment i left...so...here is another *standing ova
On Wednesday, November 10, 2004, knightmirror (426) wrote:

*standing ovation* from me....here have another....*coaxes the crowd that commented to join me*....****-chris
A former member wrote: wow, Sometimes u cant write what you feel, Very good
On Monday, February 9, 2004, flying_fox (571) wrote:

I've revisited this after not having read it for a long time, and again, have been knocked out. Totally agree with Cre, but I think Subtle Incandescance really summed it up! FF
A former member wrote: And I read this as if I've never read before in my life. Completely astonished at the seemingly effortless rhymes...and perfect phrases.
On Tuesday, January 6, 2004, subtle incandescence (3) wrote:

Aaah. My mind consumed this like it was a Godiva raspberry chocolate truffle. Brilliant
On Friday, December 5, 2003, DarkDruidess (313) wrote:

your words bring forth images that are impressive and magical...I am in awe