is there a way to detect when a spell has been cast upon a soul
ensnared it and threatens to consume
the last couple times i tried to give my heart away ended in abject failure
so i fastened chains around it and tossed it into the freezer to think about what it had tried to do
and escape the possibility of it seeking refuge with anyone else
but i’ll be damned if the siren song of wondrous words didn’t somehow undo the triple padlocked titanium chains
remove the thorn of ash driven solidly into the hollow atrium
and lead it back into temptation
that was not in the grand plan
the grand plan stated allow the general malaise of atrophy and fade into dust alone and screaming
so it must be a spell
some wiccan or voodoo or black dark magic
a coven or an ancient evil awaken by the blood moon eclipse
stalking the silent night and casting with evil intent upon the hapless fools with open wounds susceptible to the call of danger
forcing hunger
making them seek that which should not be sought out
heeding the call of divine similarity
opening the floodgates of interest to feed into flames long since dormant
so i ask
is it possible to detect if magic has been cast upon a foolish heart to make it yearn for beauty again
asking for a friend
an acquaintance
for the desperate scared eyes reflected back
all this will do is lead me, him, back into the depths of hell and i, he, knows this
yet the fool persists
i tell him to stop, to give up fleeting dreams
he stares at me and he smiles and whispers from mine own lips
then i’ll see you in hell
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I’ve tried similar things… although not a freezer yet. 🤔
Oh foolish heart! Listen when I say you must stay here with me! I will keep you safe. Don’t fly away again. Please. I’m not sure I can go searching for you again. You remember last time, I said ‘don’t go’ and you did and he took you and squeezed you and kissed you and shredded you and there you were lying trampled beneath his calloused heel while I cried and shouted and wailed and carefully lifted you up and covered you in mud and clay and held you close and together we swore this armor would serve as a reminder… which you seem to have forgotten yet again.
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if that didn’t strike so close to home i would say something vapid about it getting better. but since i refuse to lie to you – it’s probably going to happen again if past experience is indicative of future results.
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Look away! LOOK AWAY! 😂
MIKE, when I was 21, I had a bumper sticker on my car which read “Lead me not into temptation for I will find it myself”. Oh my mom and dad were on me about that! Point…I don’t have one!😂
Your writing is off the wall!
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i would love to look away but my eyes are drawn back again and again. i would not be surprised to find i cast it myself while sleepwalking. the eternal amatuer self saboteur, the poet illterate strikes again
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Mike, all those emotions are so beautifully needed in people’s lives! Living is exciting, playful, “spellbinding”😂
Not dormant. zzzzz
Again, your writing is off the charts!
Check please!😂
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