Burning Tiger
Free verse
There is a burning tiger in my chest, cowardly, afraid to confront
Like chimney smoke, everything must vanish.
You tell me how flames get extinguished?Famished, with tears, I seek a mattress
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Like Tetris, my heart has bent out of shape, I can’t see my face, I reach for candles
Scentless, my room feels endless, I walk towards a light I made up in my mind, relentless
I fumble onto a chess, check mate, my knight feels the rage but the solider in me stands kinless
Mother in me sensei, father in me a banshee, I think about something you said as I cry out all my tenses
This feels nonsensical, my ache stands up to give me a zen kiss, yet cannot cross these fences
I feel the world is ending, does any piece hold the genesis?
Moin, 2026
