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My Escape From The Fire

by | May 26, 2022

Every minute that passes
Is a minute I expire
Like a ticking time bomb
In this raging fire

Inside me lies a wonder
If what I’m doing’s right
Is it what was meant for me
Are my secrets worth the fight

Even if we lived a thousand years
I’d love you all my life
Yet if we were we meant to be
Why does this love feel like a knife

The evening I met you,
Felt like an impossible night
Where anything was possible
But nothing seemed alright

I took you on my spaceship
Without direction or destination
You surprised me when you climb aboard
Without any hesitation

That night I brought you
To the end of the universe
But before I blinked an eye
We crashed landed back on Earth

Sometimes I like to dream
Until my dreams come true
But somehow I can’t see
Past this messy spew

A desires builds in me
Leaving gentle wake
The gleam in your blue eyes
A preposterous mistake

I have nothing to lose
So lose yourself with me
Let’s get lost in space
Let’s sail across the sea

Let’s forget about the world
If only for a while
Without any reason what-so-ever
Let’s laugh a lot and smile

As we escape
Let’s look back at the lost souls
Who forgot the immense meaning of life
Who have no clue as to their roles

With every new love
Are born a thousand stories
Millions of blank pages
We’ll remember in our glory

In this electric age
Of instant gratification
Pain and love is all we have
For infinite sensation

Let’s find a field of stars
And make love under the moon
Where only she can see us
Let’s ask her for a boon

Maybe fate brought us here
But can we take control
Disappear in flight
Fly into a black hole

If getting lost is how
We will eventually find ourselves
Then I hope I never wake up
From this illusion I call love

Let’s dance in summer nights
Until we believe we can fly
Surrender into a bed that knows no sleep
And wake up wondering why

I want to have it all
Before I decide to let go
But what if I never had it to begin with
Just imagination to and fro

Being scared of heights
Doesn’t mean I’m scared to fall
It means I’m scared to fly
I was never free at all

So my life tick tocks by
As I burn in my desire
And I plan my escape
From the raging fire

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