Quench The Fire

Your Insinuations hurt my ears

Bring back all my hidden fears.

You think you're so astute

Having made myself

Feel so minute.

That is your fallacy

Not mine,

I hold no jealousy.

I may be

Erratic, impetuous at times

But I'm free, free to be me.

I'll rise above all your lies

Quell the rage I feel inside,

Quench the fire of my emotions;

Fight fire with fire.

Reviews

[Moonlit-Blues]

Best way to go, facing the fire with the fire's own simmering flames.
Beautifully controlled, not much imagery needed here other than the metaphor of the fire.
Could be percieved as extended in many ways, not just in emotional sense, but also it frames the personality of the poem and the feelings that shine through the word choices. Simply spectacular!
I hope you don't mind if I add this to my favourites, it sums up how I've felt many a time in the past.

[Moonblade]

I like the way this poem was delivered. The last line really punches home the emotion and feelings the poem expresses.

[Carole]

Wonderfully put together, Brette. I consider this a Spoken Word poem. Appreciate your candidness here. You didn't mince words and made yourself perfectly clear. Very well done! Concise-to the point!

[Kelley Pascoe]

You tell him girl!!! Another great write!!!
Kelley Frost

[VenkatRamanan]

self expressive......good quoteFight fire with fire....well done!!!

[Taja B.]

This poem is powerfully expressed, with a effective metaphor of fire, good flow, nice topic, and an overall uplifting message.

Nice job. Thanks for sharing.

[Krishna]

I like the well crafted autobiographical feel of this one. The fact that there are some neat rhymes is really a bonus. Of course the tone is slightly adolescent, but we do have to protect ourselves and emotionally of course, this can be difficult. The doubt and insecurity and the will to conquer them, it does hit on something universal.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Haha... oh so very well said... the best thing to do when someone plays with you emotions is not to react and let them get the best of you, keep your flames under control will surely make there's rage out of control... Awesome vent.