Jefferson ADAMS

THE FIRE INSIDE (WHY I WRITE)
..................................................... ...It takes blood to make blood sing.
........................................................................................--George Ella Lion

I'm pyromaniacal, chronic
lighter of secret fires,
bellowser of words, forger
of desires, &, from base parts,
wild alloys, charged
with hard sparks-
......................primed
to leap from this mind
to the mind of another.

I live to craft traps, set
idle for years, waiting
to sear, scar, or better,
start a slow burn
in the heart, hunger
for more metal, blood
pleading to ignite.

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