Stepping-Out To Meet You… Where Emotions Ignite The Night Like Tinder

by Paul Tristram / March 15th, 2020

… and all is drum-pulse,
and raging-furnace heartbeat.
Yet still, I momentarily
STOP
to widdershins thrice
a Burning Bush,
exactly 13 steps
away from, quivering, pathway
… so I can relish,
savour, and prolong
the masochistic
thrumming, aching-pain
… until my soaring-Soul
shapeshifts
into a bow
bent, excruciatingly,
to the point of SNAPPING.
I’ll be both
exhausted and exhilarated
by the time I finally
embrace your frantic arms…
and it’ll serve you bloody right.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ is available to purchase right here . Also his collection of shorter fiction Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves' is available to purchase at https://bookgoodies.com/a/B0DFMTSR4F Both books are published by Close To The Bone Publishing. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, March 15th, 2020 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.