Original DDE™ art: “Burnin’ ” by: rob kistner © 10/15/25
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Mad in love
I’ve lost my head
and with it too my reason
fallen away
lost in the dust of sanity
my heart calling your name
drawn down now
to a hoarse whisper of yearning
I ride blind
through the fevered darkness of longing
astride the rippled sinew of passion
gripping reins of desire
slick with wanting
the night alive
soaked with frustration’s tears
each falling like a razored blade
cutting deeper my soul
your memory a ghost horse
eluding me
as I smolder in the sweat of lust
my fantasies afire
your voice is the flame
that burns the horizon to ash
I chase anyway—
this endless gallop through ruin and rapture
where love is the madness
and this madness is what drives me on
rob kistner © 10/15/25
Poetry at: dVerse
I’m delighted to see you back at the Poets Pub, Rob, and with a stunning poem! It’s not easy when you’ve lost head and reason, but poetry gives reason. I especially like the ‘hoarse whisper of yearning’, the ‘rippled sinew of passion’, and the ‘endless gallop through ruin and rapture’.
Hope I can bevome more consistentl!
Oh.. yes passion can drive you headless for sure.
Passion is a blissful type of madness Björn.
Great to see you here, Rob!
Love can indeed make us lose our heads. ?
ThAnk you Merrill!
Such a creative take on the prompt. You make falling in love seem scary!
Dangerous and thrilling.
I love your metaphor of losing your head in lusts longing now burned out like the landscape after a fire hoping to rekindle sparks from the ashes of what is now gone!
Beautifully written, my friend!
Dwight
Thank you very much Dwight… 🙂
ha – Sometimes love doesn’t make us think clearly….nice to see you back posting my friend. You have been missed.
I ride blind
through the fevered darkness of longing
love can indeed be blind at times….
Thank you True… 🙂
“this endless gallop through ruin and rapture
where love is the madness
and this madness is what drives me on”
Glad to see you back, Rob. Wonderful poem!
Thank you Sara… 😉
Hmm…been there, done that, as they say. Nicely done ?
Thank you shaun… 🙂