Poetry Day: Inspiration Eating Wall

(This is about ideas that grow and then are destroyed in your mind somehow. I think. This one was plain odd.)

The idea is growing
Nurtured from inception
Gaining imaginary strength
As it evolves from flicker
To roaring bonfire
Traveling down my mind

It traverses tunnels
Running across my mindscape
Winding with sharp turns
That plunge into darkness
Only to erupt
Into the brightest light

The idea is growing strong
As it enters a wide space
Dotted with floating specks
And chunks of rot
From the ideas that came before
For I was too slow to save them

It does not see the wall
Bathed in razors, spikes, and fangs
Waiting for a fresh idea
Distracted by the open field
Who cannot find the gap
That will lead it to full life

My brainchild builds up speed
Heading toward the end
Blind to the danger looming
Threatening its short existence
As I am too busy to see
The destruction that will ensue

With a simple blast and groan
The idea explodes in gore
Feeding the quivering wall
That absorbs its newest feast
And belches out the scraps
That join the other fallen

About Charles Yallowitz

Charles E. Yallowitz was born, raised, and educated in New York. Then he spent a few years in Florida, realized his fear of alligators, and moved back to the Empire State. When he isn't working hard on his epic fantasy stories, Charles can be found cooking or going on whatever adventure his son has planned for the day. 'Legends of Windemere' is his first series, but it certainly won't be his last.

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