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.

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