Seething

When the frigid chill

           of his burnt-out life

ignites. . . 


with the gasoline I pour

          to put him out . . .


maybe the blaze

          will scorch


          the icy crystals blooming

concrete hard . . .

     like barnacles

          where a heart

                 once beat. 



--Dorothy Lee, @dottie_mabry on Instagram, 14/11/2023

Theme : War, Revenge, Betrayal, Others -- Anger

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