firestarter

Prometheus standing with a can
                         of gasoline
            & the heat lightning overhead
               warning of the lurking storm
                                   already in progress

Everything is so dark now
                         his razor jawline
                         clenched tight

                            As he doused
                             his torch &
                                 screamed
                                       VOLUMES

                               Zeus never read
                                     cautionary tales
                                      or perhaps…//
                                     

–LM
         
                                     
     

The Chariot

A mortal shell in cinders
& wicked compulsion
simpering love lost in the ashes
charred silken seduction
giving in to the void on a whim?
Enter a swarthy no man’s land

& the space between us
seems so small
the furious conflict
& desperate need
For the dangerous infatuation
between gods and men
–LM

Oh, Perseus:

Don’t stop, don’t leave, don’t turn away
These waves will still feast on flesh!
Rusted chains are forever,
(in this world of
Salt)

 

 

 
/LM

Tales of Fervency

Forget how I make you feel
Go ahead; I will not.
Rather, I will be studious,
Tick-tockingly arduous &
Statuesque

Burning
Upon your arrival

No matter your weatherproofing
Hurricane women may seem as if
They come and pass but
Never last and that’s (I promise
you that you’re) incorrect

–LM

[Photograph by artist Yuri Klapouh]