BEWITCH hearts dip into death just for a taste, a reprieve from breath, yet now they are lost. skulls flicker with obsession flirt hard with silence, to end its ache. all our burning questions never had the answer; were only distractions from the fact, that timeContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Alicia Mathias”
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VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Danny D. Ford
“by yourself, never left alone”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Robert Ragan
Star-Crossed I never thought I’d be in my 30’s, throwing rocks at a woman’s second-story bedroom window. First night out the pen in two years, and they were going to lock me back up for vandalism. It sucks when your girlfriend gets kicked out of her apartment and has to move back in with herContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Robert Ragan”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: S.A. Gerber
Another Realm The roses erupt and the clouds burn above and below. Seeking refuge from an ominous gray mist attempting to strangle thought. Two hours in the tavern cannot diffuse the terror. Too many blood- red eyes reflecting all sad truths. Some clarity claws through the cobwebs saying that someone spoke of a ‘center’ toContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: S.A. Gerber”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Andrew Darlington
The Black Venusian Scrotum-Worm Beyond the plague damned world… (1) He awakes. Something is knocking at the sky, trying to get in. She lies beside him. She hears nothing other than his breath, his heartbeat, the warm pulse of blood in his veins. He rises with a curious sense of unease. An endless golden day.Continue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Andrew Darlington”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Shane Allison
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Luis Berriozabal
The Lows The lows are too low. The blues are too blue. These feet can’t go on. They get in my way. The wind does not blow. I march to no drum. This cold is too cold. It freezes my brain. I hope against hope. Without you I lose. This bitter lemon life is notContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Luis Berriozabal”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Andreas Fleps
Causeway The path you were on rolled up its tongue like a faded red carpet and swallowed itself. You opened your mouth to speak of it and your voice fell out as silence, like a baby bird from its nest. You felt hope pass away inside you, but couldn’t find the corpse. Maybe the rumorsContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Andreas Fleps”
