#I Let The World Burn - rico

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warm warren
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*The flames consuming doubts
my heart is burning
in a good way
this explosion
is so sweet
darling, your eyes brought me
the purest tenderness
I set the world on fire
just for you.

There's no more room for calm
only chaos
without any reason
I let the world burn
let me live in the flames
without even hesitating
dive into this chaos
words fitting to my poems
never meant anything to those I wrote them for.

Around here, hell became home
I dealt with the demons
and took their eternal fire for myself
the flames are dancing around me
to the full sound of madness
and I'm singing this awful song
with all my voice
and full insanity.

Love has never been calm
it lives intensely in our chests
burning, sometimes it just needs a bit of fuel
to set the heart and soul on fire
to forget sanity
and live unforgettable moments
of beautiful feelings
like a thorny rose
embracing your hand wrapped in blood
in the blood of love.

Adrenaline without feeling pain
without feeling any flame
only feeling the chaos
burning and burning
sometimes
for a sweet tone
for beautiful eyes
for a silly smile
for a tender hug
for a warm kiss
for love.
That's enough fuel
to feel the body burn
in flames
from the heart to the soul.

Darling,
I let the world burn
I let the world burn for you.*

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@icy brook

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@final finch

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@zealous granite

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@formal breach

icy brook
warm warren
zealous granite
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Whoa, this poem is on fire! LOL. The way you explore fire as a metaphor for love is brilliant. It’s like the flames are the physical representation of the speaker's love, and the world is their heart. That image of “letting the world burn” gives us the sense that they’ve allowed themselves to be completely consumed by this love, that this flame of passion has “burned” them entirely. But, as said in the first stanza, it happened in a good way, in a way that extinguished all the doubts in their chest. This gives fire a new meaning instead of destruction, it brings an image of life’s ascension, almost as if it symbolizes certainty that they can surrender to this overwhelming feeling.

The second stanza is incredible because it’s so intense, with that chaotic vibe. There’s no more room for calm, only chaos. The idea of “let me live in the flames” without thinking twice is amazing, reinforcing the desire to fully experience this intense love, not caring about possible consequences as long as they can live this love in its rawest and most powerful form.

But despite all this intensity, there’s a hint of disillusionment, a soft touch of past melancholy in the last verse of the stanza: “words fitting to my poems
never meant anything to those I wrote them for.” Here, there’s this feeling that their previous loves weren’t reciprocated, that all their flames of love didn’t reach the hearts they were meant for, just like their words in their poems meant nothing to the other person. It’s as if they’re not

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willing to live through that again, as if they’re tired of trying to be understood, and now they just want to feel. This decision to fully surrender to the flame, without hesitation, adds depth to their emotional state.

The fourth stanza deserves special attention because it shows a raw image of love, stating that it’s not calm, that it "lives intensely in our hearts." The image of the rose:
a thorny rose
embracing your hand wrapped in blood
in the blood of love.
This brings out the duality of love — it’s beautiful, but it can also hurt. There’s this sense that the most intense love can cause pain, but we accept it as part of the process. It shows how willing we are to "suffer" for something as beautiful as this feeling.

And the ending with I let the world burn is like everything building up to one grand explosion. Love has become the fuel for all this chaos, and it no longer matters what happens around them because the speaker is ready to burn along with it.

What an incredibly beautiful, intense, chaotic (in the best way) poem. AND SO HOT! HAHAHA.
I loved it!!!SaberSaysPretty ❤️‍🔥

formal breach
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RICOO!!!! BOI YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB!! EH~~ I SEEE, I THOUGHT BOI IS BUSY WORKING..AND HERE HE IS BURNING HEARTS AND SOULS FOR SOMEONE...HEHE..
ANYWAYS..IT IS A REALLLYY GOOD ONE..!
BUT NXT TIME MAKE SURE, NOT TO BURN MY LAWN WHEN YOU BURN WORLD..I HAVE PUT ALOT OF HARDWORK THERE
^._.^

ancient agate
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I could’ve told u this before i even posted my poemfoxcry My poem is very inspired of yours, but just different wordings. This poem is reallllyy cool, so i decided to make one myself, but just make it a little bit different. But anyway, your poem is really well made. I like how u word things out. very demure blue_joobi_stareyes

warm warren
warm warren
warm warren
terse surge
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I always appreciate poems that emerge their readers in the most anguishing visuals. To say I had gut reaction when the poem wraps up in nice bow. “I let the world burn for you” OOoooOoOol that’s got a kick ngl

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warm warren
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