Comments : Heart on Fire

  • 15 years ago

    by ghosts in bloom

    Wow, Sierra, what an amazing piece, almost brought me to tears. I can feel the agonizing pain in every word. It is so sincere, vivid, powerful, ... just heartbreaking. The cadence was practically flawless, and the images/emotions portrayed were as well. Love the vocabulary used quite a bit; ethereal is one of my favorite words. My two absolute favorite stanzas were these:

    "It played inside my head all night, every night
    A broken record, I couldn't ignore-
    Your voice, your face, the way you said
    You couldn't love me anymore."

    That just stung me -- I know that I have been jilted and felt like this before, and it truly is like a broken record: rubbing you raw with repetition until you can't stand it anymore.

    "Now hearts are not made of paper
    Therefore, I know they cannot break
    But this pain, echoing within my soul,
    I feel every moment that I'm awake."

    Hearts may be unbreakable, but they sure can stretch paper thin sometimes from all the wear.

    Splendid poem, loved it a bunch!
    Keep writing down the bones,

  • 15 years ago

    by The Flame Within

    You never lost your touch
    you always were an amazing poet
    but no matter how many poems of yours i read
    im always amazed
    awsome work

    TFW