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the Literary Expression of Battlefield Touchstones
ISSN 1542-1546 Volume 05 Number 03 Summer ©Jul 2007



The Burning Eye



      Because it is the very pit
      That I must remain to sit
      Contained in this bodily form
      I flare into the fervor of
      Blazing haze and gaze
      In amazement at the daze
      For it is I, the most intelligent dummy
      To yearn to change
      The unchanged ways
      And learn never changing ways
      Wildly fighting the fought battle
      Yet still battling to win
      The winning loss
      Oh for it is I
      Who has passed failure
      The blade is held
      At the highest of high points
      Pointed in a pinpointing
      Direction
      Directly at the targeted enemy
      The fiendish opponent
      The bull's-eye
      Is at all times
      Eye to eye
      What burn I? I burn I
      I will remain burned
      In this burning eye
      Flashy fire eyes
      Pitted in the pit
      In this seething ash I sit
      Daring the dagger
      To dig deep
      At the smoldering smash
      To scorn the scorched
      And burn the broken
      Igniting injury
      In the blaze of glory
      Said I
      That is the only
      Road I have chosen
      To change in this ever so changing
      Unchanged eye



by Lisa M. Cronkhite
... who is a freelance writer of poems and essays; her compositions, such as "Read Black and White", have previously appeared on the Lost Beat Poetry blog.




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