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Saturday, 1 November 2014
Burning Bright
Some words flutter with life
In some hands
You could feel their warmth
In their breath
The stony heart melts
Throbs
Dances to their tune
Their facets glow
Brightening up the dark lanes
Of a battered mind
Their sharp edges
Slice off the malignant growth
Of pedantry
All living words
Birthed
From the womb
Of a fiery dream
Are destined
To be stars
To be written in light
Posted for PoetryPantry @ Poets United
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Words have that power... The best friends ever!
ReplyDeleteDreams in galore...................
ReplyDeleteMay your fiery dreams continue to let your words flutter with life.
ReplyDeletefiery dreams.. love it. that last line is perfect.
ReplyDelete"Slice off the malignant growth
ReplyDeleteOf pedantry"
Hang on, I'm a pedant...
Words have the power to make us cry, laugh, feel, dream..... Superb :)
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteyou make me want to write
ReplyDeleteIn the hands of a skillful writer, words come to life, sizzling like stars ~
ReplyDeleteSumana, your words dance and flutter on the page! They live!
ReplyDeleteI hope that what you say about all living words is true: that they are destined to be stars. Oh, I hope it's true!
ReplyDeleteWhirling with Galway
Wow! I just love those final lines. Some brilliant thoughts captured her.
ReplyDeleteLove the way you made words dance in our hearts this morning, Sumana. Thank you!
ReplyDelete"written in light" i just soooo luv that phrase; thanks for stopping over at my Sunday Lime, have a lovely day
ReplyDeleteMuch love...
What a beautiful poem!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! And that is the thing--Do we rebirth words as we usethem, or recycle in such a way that they can never be stars!
ReplyDeleteThis is so thoughtful and textured, Sumana. Such wisdom you have captured. Just beautiful!
ReplyDeletewonderful close....all things destined to be stars...to burn bright....
ReplyDeleteyes if we let it....
I so love the idea that words are stars destined to be written in light. Beautiful, Sumana.
ReplyDeleteIt feels like you are describing us. Humans "Are destined/To be stars" and that just feels so great as an idea.
ReplyDelete...as the light has shown through your words. :-)
ReplyDeleteZQ
What a wonderful thought that our words are born of dreams and then made into stars. And your impassioned words are certainly shining brightly in the night sky!
ReplyDeleteI like the power you give to the words!
ReplyDeleteah yes, words can be like that, they shine with light. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, Sumana! Words are powerful :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful...I just love the last line... :-)
ReplyDeleteAre destined
ReplyDeleteTo be stars
To be written in light
Oh, to have success written for the young ultimately if they pursue it rightly! Great lines Sumana!
Hank
Words hold a magic all their own. Thank you for this one...
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
words are powerful like weapons as well. words are very strong and eternal as well. i loved this one, a literary tribute to those things that come from the heart like blood, all full of life and meaning. :D
ReplyDelete"All living words
ReplyDeleteBirthed
From the womb
Of a fiery dream
Are destined
To be stars
To be written in light" - Love the energy and vivid imagery in this. Beautifully penned. :)
You wrote about the power of words by using powerful words. Nicely done.
ReplyDeletewords do have superhuman power...and they can change just everything...
ReplyDeleteWords are so powerful. They have the capacity to move and uplift as well as to demean and crush. It is good to be reminded of their strength.
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