Flame

Seashells: Williamsji Maveli's Haiku Poems

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Love

It used to be love and there used to be hope

now it feels like i'm hanging on by a rope

Its...

O Candle flame,

Valerie Lynn,

My little sister,

I sing prayers;

I wish...

Slice of an apple,

Half in her throat,

Taste, She says,

and parts my lips

...

Something like a spark,

can ignite a forest,

just like we need an arc,

to save this...

Paper tigers roar in ink
yellow stains on black pages
charcoal eyes and pink paint nose...

An hour is not sixty minutes,
A minute is not first division of an hour
A second is not...

My heart is like the flame of a stove.

Once it roared to life,

with fire

and...

Burning
Pulsating
Always yearning
Never waiting

Looking for something
...

Torched beyond compare
Yes my fury is afoot
In the night I see a flare
Misunderstood I...

Both hands and elbows
cantilever, scissoring the neck
as if straightening a bow tie that...

Tease, tempt and test, my love. And I shall react,

Reach and reign, my love. Give me guidance, lest...

Every time you touch me, I melt, like a sweet caramel

I get sticky all over then, I melt again,...

In my memory lingers a hazy view

Engraved in my mind a picture of you

Your touch embedded...