Light it Up

Listening to Fall Out Boy "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark" has inspired me to do something I  haven't done in awhile, which is write poetry. So here you go...

Light it Up

Set fire to that feeling burning inside

Let  it twist and turn as it burns 

feel all the pain, memories, thoughts

catch in a roaring blaze

as it tears through you like a forest fire

Light it Up

Take all those smother and suppressed thoughts

light a match and watch as the blue and gold

catch on to the blackness inside

feel the burn as the fire slowly spreads through

 savoring each thought it sets ablaze 

Light it Up

Watch as who you are goes up in smoke

leaving only ashes to remain

smell the charred pain, memories, thoughts

that are now only ashes

pick up the blackened bitter ashes and

Light it Up.

So there you have it my long over due poetry. To give a little background, Poetry was my first love. Ever since my mother introduced me to poetry back in elementary school, I have writing on and off all these years.   Poetry was my first form of self expression, my first real ability at being able to put what I was feeling in to words. I think if I could have made a living being a poet I would have done  that, but sadly poetry doesn't pay very much. I love how Poetry is whatever you want to make it; there are no rules. Poetry is about art and expression which means you get to choose what you want to do. Do you want to use grammar? Do you want to write one giant sentence? Do you want a form or pattern? Or do you want the poem to be chaos on the paper? Poetry is what you chose to make it and no one can tell you your wrong. Sure there is such a thing as good poetry and bad poetry, but there is no thing as WRONG poetry. No one can tell you that you are writing your poem wrong and what an exhilarating feeling that is to be suspended from rules and structure for the time your writing. I love writing poetry and will always love poetry. I'm hopeful one day I can be published but even if that never happens I'm at least putting it out there. So before I end for this post I'll leave you with some of my favorite poets: Emily Dickinson(who introduced me to the poetry world and will always be my favorite), Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, A professor from college Kathrine Blackbird ( who helped me better my craft and believe in my ability), Langston Hughes, and  I'm a sucker for William Shakespeare.

Who are some of your favorite poets? or some of your favorite poems? leave them in the comment section! I'd love some new authors to read!