On Fire
GRM
Sweet tragedy of
shooting stars:
to blaze new pathways
through the night,
one must first
burn away.
Published by Tina Twito
I'm 39, with a wonderful husband (in Iowa), and a daughter who lives in NC with her hubby (love them both!). I write mostly children's stories and poetry (rhyming poetry, traditional poetry, haiku, but mostl... View profile
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9 Comments
Post a CommentThis is beautiful
Great imagery
Great imagery
Kinda sad, but good choice of words.
A star always burns brightest just before it goes out... you are on fire too, lets hope you burn as long as a star does as well. &)
Thank you both! Thanks for the re-post Mindy!
Good analogy!
BTW, I'm tweeting this one with the description "Sweet tragedy of
shooting stars." This poem is super!
Love this analogy.