To Chris:
January 12th, 2007 by 
dani
You revealed your secret to me,
Then told me to destroy the shame-filled confession
With flames as wild and burning as your passion.
Now all that reamins is a single sheet of ash.
All semblance of life
Burned away forever
Like the love
that was once
between
us.
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6 Comments »
February 17th, 2007 at 2:53 am
Beautiful prose that leaves us begging for the rest of the story!
February 17th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Yes, what is the story behind the story…? This was very compelling and heartfelt…
February 18th, 2007 at 11:03 am
There’s not really a lot to tell. Senior year in high school, Chris asked me to the prom, neither of us having dates, but we didn’t really know each other at all. We spent a few weeks breaking the ice in giddy anticipation of what might be. Except his crush grew bigger, and mine, smaller. Finally, he wrote me a note saying that he was in love with me, and when he realized I didn’t reciprocate his feelings, he asked me to burn his note, ashamed of his outpouring of emotion.
In the visual form of the poem, I was also going for the parallel with the diminishing sentiment–love dwindling to nothing. Hope it worked.
February 18th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
touching. .
February 18th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Very sad.
Mine is posted.
February 19th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
This is a great little poem. I like the way you chose the line breaks near the end. It feels like the poem itself might be this illicit, shameful note. Great.