POEM STARTER
Write a poem about taking a gamble.
Your interpretation can include the classic ideas associated with gambling, or something more metaphorical.
Burning House
I wish someone would break my heart.
I wish someone _could_ break my heart.
I want to spend the night in a burning house,
As long as I’m not sleeping alone.
I want to play with matches and watch my heart burn,
I want to set fire to the world around me.
I want to melt, and I want to break.
I want to feel alive,
To feel human.
I want the terror of feeling the whole world drop away.
I want the panic as my heart stops and my brain screams “Oh _shit_.”
I want the fear that comes with risking my heart, my soul, my everything.
I guess what I want is just love.
I need it.
I’m shattering without it and I just want to _love someone_.
I want to spend the night in a burning house,
As long as I’m not sleeping alone.